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Craig represents clients, domestically and internationally, in equity compensation, executive compensation, employment, and data privacy. He focuses his practice on the needs of multinational companies with substantial work forces around the world.

In his compensation practice, Craig works with clients in designing, offering, and implementing international equity-based compensation programs, including stock options, stock purchase rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, phantom stock, and stock appreciation rights, as well as salary and cash bonus programs. With regard to these compensation programs, he advises clients on the tax, securities, employment, currency exchange, data privacy, and communications issues that the companies encounter when offering the programs to employees, directors, and consultants throughout the world. Craig also advises clients on U.S. and cross-border equity compensation issues arising in mergers and acquisitions.

For employment matters, Craig advises companies on employment agreements, entitlements, works councils, lay-offs, and leaves of absence. His employment background also includes the statutory rights of part-time employees, transferring employees, cross-border employees, contingent workers, and consultants.

In the data privacy area, he advises companies on processing and transferring protected information, complying with local registration requirements, and implementing workplace privacy policies.

Publications

• "Implementing and Maintaining Compliance of Equity Compensation Programs Globally," National Center Employee Ownership (June 2007)
• "Stock Compensation in the United States and Abroad," Chapter 5 in Winning Legal Strategies for Structuring Executive Compensation Plans (2005)
• “Implementing an International Equity-Based Compensation Programme,” PLC Global Counsel Handbooks – Labor and Employee Benefits, Second Edition (2003/2004)
• “Tax and Legal Issues for Global Equity Compensation Plan,” Equity-Based Compensation for Multinational Corporations, 5th Edition (July 2002)
• “Proposed Regulations on Withholding of Payroll Taxes for Statutory Stock Options,” Asia-Pacific Tax Reporter (Spring 2002)

Speeches / Presentations

• "Navigating Problem Countries: Legal and Administrative Nightmares Around the Globe," NASPP 15th Annual Conference, October 2007
• "Mobility Tracking & Taxation," NASPP San Francisco Chapter, July 2007
• "Share Plans in China and the Pacific Rim," GEO's 8th Annual Conference, June 2007
• "How Not to Trip on Labor Laws When Crossing a Border," e*Trade Annual Directions 2007 Conference, May 2007
• "Equity Compensation Enforcement Update - Weighing the Risks," Schwab Webcast, March 2007
• "New Developments in Internal Audits and Sarbanes-Oxley," E-Trade Conference, May 2006
• "Offering Restricted Stock and RSUs in the Pacific Rim," Global Equity Organization (GEO) Conference, New York, April 2006
• "The Impact on Stock Awards Under the Proposed Regulations to IRC Section 409A," NASPP San Francisco Chapter Meeting, March 2006
• "SOX 404: Do the Internal Controls for your Stock Plans Make the Grade?" National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, 2005 NASPP Annual Conference, Chicago, November 2005
• "U.S. Plans for Non-U.S. Companies," GEO 2005 Annual Conference, London, June 2005
• "Impact of Leaves of Absence on Stock Plans - How To Create a Consistent Policy for Employers in California, the U.S., and Abroad," NASPP Silicon Valley Chapter, Santa Clara, California, June 2005
• "Equity Compensation and the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Internal Audit: Are Your Controls Up To Snuff?" E*TRADE Financial 2005 Annual Conference, Orlando, May 2005
• "Securities Compliance for Stock Plans Around the World," NASPP 2004 Annual Conference, October 2004
• "Global Enforcement Update," NASPP 2004 Annual Conference, October 2004
• "Global Stock Plans: Employment and Labor Pitfalls," NASPP Silicon Valley Chapter, June 2004
• "Global Stock Plans: Employment and Labor Pitfalls," WorldatWork Annual Conference & Exhibition, May 2004
• "Privacy and the Patriot Act: Implications for Global Equity Plans," E*TRADE Financial 2004 Annual Conference, May 2004
• "Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Struggling With Varying Global Data Privacy Issues," GEO 2004 Annual Conference, April 2004
• "Data Privacy and Global Stock Plans," GEO Northern CA Meeting, January 2004
• "The Impact of Data Privacy on Global Stock Plans," NASPP Annual Conference, October 2003
• "Global Stock Plans - Solutions for Avoiding Employment and Currency Exchange Control Pitfalls," NASPP Silicon Valley Chapter, June 2003
• "Restricted Stock and Other Equity Alternatives: Implementation on a Global Scale," E*TRADE 2003 Business Solutions Group Annual Conference, May 2003
• "The Impact of Data Privacy on Global H.R. and Benefits," GEO 2003 Annual Conference, April 2003
• "Planning & Implementing a Multinational Equity Compensation Plan," NCEO/Beyster Institute’s Spring 2003 Joint Annual Conference, Employee Ownership and Employee Involvement: The Entrepreneurial Edge, March 2003

Experience

Legal Education

Undergraduate Education

Professional Admissions / Qualifications

• California
• Colorado

Professional Affiliations

• National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP)
• Global Equity Organization (GEO)
• WorldAtWork
• Bay Area Compensation Association (BACA)
• California Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association