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Tax Law
We provide tax advice and planning for companies and individuals on a wide range of federal tax issues
Employee Benefits & Compensation
We help companies to structure benefit programs and to comply with the laws governing compensation
Employment
We help executives negotiate their employment, equity compensation, and separation packages
Recent Posts
Do Not Immediately Early-Exercise an ISO
Someone just emailed me the following question (paraphrased): "I have a private company client who has approved a new hire grant to their new CEO that includes early exercise. The total exercise price of the option grant is $180,000 and the CEO is planning to exercise...
Future Token Contracts
Let me start with the bad news: I have been persuaded that future token contracts likely do not work. But let's back up. If your offshore entity[1] has not yet minted tokens but you want to get something into the hands of service providers, historically you have had...
Using a Roth IRA to Fund Your Start-up
Can I use a self-directed Roth IRA to fund my start-up? I was asked this question by three different clients yesterday. Ever since it was revealed last year that Peter Thiel has apparently accumulated $5B in his Roth IRA this seems to be increasingly on people's...
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