Christopher Potash Email & Phone Number

Christopher Potash is an executive compensation lawyer with broad-based experience in tax, corporate, securities, and other laws and regulations affecting executive compensation. He represents both public and private companies, from closely held businesses, to private equity funds to Fortune 100 companies. His experience includes:• Advising US clients with respect to the design, drafting, implementation and operation of equity compensation arrangements, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, employee stock purchase plans, phantom awards, and profits interests. • Advising UK and other international companies on the US aspects of their global equity compensation arrangements, including the US tax, federal and state securities laws, exchange rules, data privacy and other matters.• Advising clients with respect to the design, implementation and operation of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, including deferred cash arrangements, elective deferral arrangements, supplemental retirement plans, rabbi and secular trust arrangements, and other nonqualified arrangements. Christopher has extensive experience with all aspects of Section 409A of the Tax Code, as well as the correction procedures under such section. He also has experience with the application of Section 409A to non-US arrangements and the strategies for addressing the potential Section 409A issues presented.• Representing domestic and international clients with respect to the US executive compensation aspects of merger and acquisition transactions, including executive compensation due diligence, representation and warranties, covenants, Section 280G golden parachute payment provisions and employee matters, as well as assistance with post-closing integration of executive compensation arrangements. Specialties: Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, Tax

Listed skills include Executive Pay, Corporate Governance, Mergers And Acquisitions, Employee Benefits, and 12 others.

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  Partner

  Harter Secrest & Emery Llp

  Sep 1993 - Present

  Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, Tax