Austin Lilling

I am a senior executive compensation and employee benefits attorney who makes things happen for my clients. I strive to provide value to my clients daily. I am your "trusted advisor." I represent executives, management teams, employers and transaction parties alike. My practice focuses on deferred compensation, executive employment, severance and change in control agreements, equity compensation (e.g., stock options, restricted stock, warrants, etc.), employee benefits/ERISA, tax, total rewards, and employment law for public and private companies. I also have extensive dealings with private equity transactions and bankruptcy related compensation and pension issues, including those with unions and their collective bargaining agreements, and multiemployer plans. I am an expert in Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, Section 457A, Section 162(m) and Section 280G, and have counseled myriad clients regarding the intricacies of those Code sections.My expertise centers around human capital issues both inside and outside of the mergers and acquisitions arena. I have helped bring companies public and have represented both purchasers and sellers in the purchase of companies, often with complex options and other equity compensation related issues.I strive to afford my clients the "wow factor" with respect to prompt communications, availability, and work product.Specialties: Negotiation of executive employment agreements, private equity and buyout transactions, 409A, 457A, deferred compensation, employee benefit plans, equity compensation, employment law, mergers and acquisitions, severance, change in control payments, tax planning, employee compensation, human resource law, bankruptcy, pension issuesAttorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Statements and views expressed are my own and not those of Morgan Lewis.