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We provide tax advice and planning for companies and individuals on a wide range of federal tax issues

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We help companies to structure benefit programs and to comply with the laws governing compensation

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We help executives negotiate their employment, equity compensation, and separation packages

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SAFEs in LLCs

SAFEs in LLCs

Updated. Originally posted September 14, 2019. Once there was a beautiful tech incubator named Y Combinator. In a dream one night she saw herself curing every start-up’s funding woes with a magical new creature called a SAFE. When she woke up, she got to work creating...

Exercising Shortly Before Closing

Exercising Shortly Before Closing

So, your company is being sold and you want to know whether you should exercise your stock options prior to closing.  First you should confirm whether the transaction agreement (i.e., stock purchase agreement, asset purchase agreement, or merger agreement) provides...

Partnership Equity

Partnership Equity

For tax purposes, there are three types of equity that can be issued in a partnership or an LLC taxed as a partnership: capital interests, profits interests, and carried interests. Knowing what type of interest you own or are being granted is important, because there...