Gregory C. Schick is a partner in the Tax, Employee Benefits and Estate Planning Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco and Palo Alto offices.
Areas of Practice
Gregory Schick's practice focuses primarily in the executive compensation, tax and corporate securities laws, and corporate governance areas.
Mr. Schick advises both publicly traded and privately held companies as well as individual clients. He negotiates, prepares and reviews equity compensation and change of control plans/agreements, Rule 10b5-1 trading plans along with proxy statements, prospectuses, and other filings required by the 1933/1934 Securities Acts and the national stock exchanges. This includes advising on tax laws, such as Internal Revenue Code Sections 162(m), 280G, 409A governing compensation deduction limitations, golden parachutes, and nonqualified deferred compensation, respectively, and on federal/state securities laws including reporting, disclosure and registration requirements. Mr. Schick also counsels executive management and boards on executive compensation and benefits issues arising in the context of mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, initial public offerings, and other significant corporate transactions. He has appeared as an expert witness in civil litigation.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Gregory C. Schick
- Reminder to Perform Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2016 - (Posted On Thursday, January 07, 2016)
- Back To The Future – Should Stock Incentive Plans Impose Grant Limits on Non-Employee Director Awards? - (Posted On Tuesday, June 02, 2015)
- Finally! SEC Proposes New Pay for Performance Disclosure Regulations - (Posted On Monday, May 04, 2015)
- As 2015 Proxy Season Looms, Companies Should Consider Scrutinizing Stock Incentive Plans and Equity Grant Practices in Light of New ISS Equity-Based Compensation Plan Scorecard Policy - (Posted On Monday, February 09, 2015)
- Reminder to Perform Annual ISO/ESPP Reporting in January 2015 - (Posted On Monday, January 05, 2015)
- Changes on Horizon for Equity Compensation Plans as ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.) Issues New Draft Policy - (Posted On Wednesday, October 22, 2014)
- Reminder to Perform Annual ISO/ESPP (Incentive Stock Options/Employee Stock Purchase Plan) Reporting in January 2014 - (Posted On Thursday, January 23, 2014)
- At Long Last: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Proposes New Rules to Compel Disclosure of CEO Pay as Ratio to Median Employee Pay - (Posted On Tuesday, September 24, 2013)
- Changes in the Wind for Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans? - (Posted On Friday, January 18, 2013)
- Reminder to Perform Annual ISO / ESPP Reporting in January 2013 - (Posted On Thursday, January 17, 2013)