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Equity Compensation: Navigating 409A Valuations

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Private company clients frequently ask us about granting compensatory stock options to their founders, employees and other service providers, including board members, consultants and advisors. Options and other equity awards...more

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Total Shareholder Return Plans: Accounting Implications & Valuation Assumptions

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In a competitive talent market, companies are reevaluating executive compensation packages to attract and retain top leadership. Compensation generally includes a base level of compensation combined with some form of...more

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Issuing Stock Options? Be Careful!

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Many corporations use stock options to incentivize employees and other service providers. A stock option is a right granted by a corporation to an employee, consultant or advisor that provides such employee, consultant or...more

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Jay-Z Agrees Settlement With Bacardi Over D’Usse

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In another example of successful entertainer turned mogul putting earnings to work in business investments, it was announced that Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Bacardi Ltd. have agreed to settle the long and bitter legal dispute...more

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What is the Difference between 409A Valuations and Venture Capital Valuations?

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Many are seeking ways to aid Florida’s devastated communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. In our prior article, “Informed Giving During Times of Crises,” we described how the tools of the tax lawyer can assist in...more

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Structuring for Success: Growth Equity Investors Adapt to Adjusting Valuations and a Tougher Economic Environment

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There has been no shortage of LP allocations to the growth equity asset class over the last decade. The attractiveness of growth equity’s risk-return profile - occupying the space between VC and PE buyouts - and its exposure...more

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Tuning Up Stock Option Grant Practices

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Stock option grant practices have been the subject of recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and continue to be scrutinized by various parties for compliance with the tax requirements of the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Why is a 409A Valuation Important?

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In this episode, Megan Monson, Christine Osvald-Mruz and Chandra Shih focus on the benefits of obtaining a Section 409A valuation for grants of stock options, practical tips relating to 409A valuations and option grants, and...more

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I Come From Down in the Valley, Where the Options Are Now Underwater: Companies Look to Modify Incentives as Declining Markets...

This is the 3rd major economic upheaval we have had in 20 some years, and once again we have a climate of widespread business uncertainty, employment instability, and economic suffering. Most of our clients have experienced...more

Opportune LLP

Total Shareholder Return Plans: Accounting Implications & Valuation Assumptions

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The use of total shareholder return (“TSR”) plans as a form of performance-based compensation continues to grow in popularity as energy companies look for more efficient ways to match executive pay with performance....more

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Negotiating the Option Pool

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Many people think a high(er) valuation is the Holy Grail. Those people are (often) wrong. In pursuit of a high(er) valuation, founders often unwittingly give up valuable ownership percentage points by agreeing to a...more

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Term Sheet Math — When Is Your 66 Percent Really 52 Percent?

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When negotiating valuation for a financing, an investor may conduct detailed due diligence and present you with a term sheet that reflects multiples, discounts, comparables, and so forth. In the end, you are negotiating for...more

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