A member of the firm’s Global Corporate Group, Ian’s practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other transactions, primarily with respect to private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. He also advises clients on the design, implementation, and disclosure and taxation of equity and cash-based incentive compensation, deferred compensation programs, retention and transaction-based bonus programs, and the negotiation of executive employment, change in control, and separation agreements. Ian has expertise in the taxation rules governing executive compensation, including Code Sections 83, 280G, and 409A.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented Thoma Bravo in the sale of its portfolio company Ellie Mae to Intercontinental Exchange.
Represented Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $13.4 billion divestiture of Celgene’s OTEZLA® program to Amgen, in relation to its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene.
Represented Cambrex Corporation in its $2.4 billion agreement to be acquired by Permira.
Represented Thoma Bravo in the sale of its portfolio company Ellie Mae to Intercontinental Exchange.
Represented Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $13.4 billion divestiture of Celgene’s OTEZLA® program to Amgen, in relation to its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene.
Represented Cambrex Corporation in its $2.4 billion agreement to be acquired by Permira.
Represented Reverence Capital Partners in its acquisition of Advisor Group, Inc.
Represented Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and QuickBase, in the $1 billion sale of QuickBase to Vista Equity Partners.
Represented Calabrio, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Teleopti.
Recognitions
- Ranked in Chambers USA for New York Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, 2025
- Ranked in Chambers USA as Up and Coming for New York Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, 2024
- Selected for inclusion in the New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Employee Benefits, 2024
Credentials
Education
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, 2012, LL.M., in Taxation with Certificate in Employee Benefits Law
- Hofstra University School of Law, 2011, J.D.
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2008, B.S.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
- New Jersey
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