Lisa M. McGimpsey Partner

Lisa McGimpsey, partner and an immediate past co-chair of the firm’s Corporate practice, focuses on the federal income tax aspects of executive compensation matters and has significant experience in designing and drafting a wide variety of compensation plans and arrangements, including equity-based compensation plans and change-in-control arrangements.

Lisa's representative experience includes providing federal income tax advice with respect to the following:

• Equity-based compensation, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and phantom stock units. 
• Other compensation arrangements, including annual and long-term bonus programs, employment and severance agreements, and change-in-control arrangements.
• Executive compensation aspects of M&A transactions, including due diligence matters, golden parachute payments, and the treatment of stock options and other equity-based compensation. 
• Non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements (Section 409A), golden parachute payments (Section 280G), and limitations on tax deductions for public companies (Section 162(m)).