Executive Management

• Board and Board Committees
• Internal Investigations

As one of Los Angeles' leading "independent" corporate law firms, we frequently are called on to represent executive management groups in change-of-control transactions. We also work closely with our Tax Department in advising clients regarding the structure, adoption, and implementation of stock option plans, restricted stock plans, phantom rights plans, and other executive management and employee equity incentive arrangements.

Representative Transactions

• Represented prominent female executive in new employment and equity incentive compensation arrangements as CEO of VC-backed digital media company
• Represented executive officer of one of the nation's top talent agencies in connection with his separation from the agency
• Represented founder and CEO of Nasdaq-listed aftermarket automobile parts company in a going-private transaction financed by a national bank
• Represented senior management group of regional "big box" retailer in buy-out by one of the nation's largest PE firms
• Represented senior management group of one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains in establishing an equity appreciation rights plan and other incentive compensation arrangements in buyout of the chain's parent company
• Represented senior management group of one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains in bankruptcy proceeding of the parent company and subsequent sale of the chain to a PE firm
• Represented senior management of large regional drugstore chain in buyout of the chain by Los Angeles' premier LBO firm
• Represented principal designer and creative force behind one of the world's most renowned fashion designer labels in establishing equity and executive compensation arrangements in sale of the business to a French conglomerate
• Represented the board of trustees of a not-for-profit corporation in establishing executive management equity incentive arrangements of a for-profit spin-off company
• Represented senior management group of one of the nation's largest distributors of herbal supplements in going-private transaction sponsored by LBO fund
• Represented senior management group of privately held structured finance investment company in proposed sale of the company to one of the nation's largest brokerage and investment banking firms