Paolo M. Pasicolan

His experience includes:

• negotiating employment, severance and consulting agreements for key executives and reviewing forms of offer letters and employment agreements for management and rank-and-file employees;
• designing, analyzing, and amending cash, equity and deferred compensation plans and agreements, which include payments structured to be exempt from or comply with Section 409A;
• advising on compensation and benefit matters in over 200 mergers, acquisitions and financings, representing buyers, sellers, lenders, borrowers and underwriters;
• amending pension and welfare plans to comply with changes in applicable law and best practices;
• addressing plan failures through voluntary correction programs;
• assisting litigators in raising claims and defenses relating to benefit plans and executive compensation;
• drafting and reviewing proxy materials, registration statements, and current and periodic reports for public companies; reviewing reporting and disclosure of purchases, sales, and transfers of shares by Section 16 insiders; and
• assisting in the establishment and certification of qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m).