Tyler Richardson

Tyler concentrates his practice in the areas of executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements. He advises clients on a range of compensation and benefits matters, along with related issues of tax, accounting, securities, and corporate governance.

Corporate Representation:

• Advises private and publicly-traded clients and their boards of directors on compensation and benefits matters, including:
  
  • Drafting CD&As
  • Drafting and maintaining equity and synthetic equity plans
  • Advising pre-IPO companies on their compensation arrangements
  • Preparing documents for the hiring and firing of key employees
  • Drafting executive agreements
  • Designing and drafting compensatory profits interests for partnerships and LLCs taxed as a partnership

Transactions:

• Advises clients on compensation and benefit issues associated with corporate transactions, including:
  
  • Tailoring of transaction documents
  • Performing Section 280G analyses and associated benchmarking
  • Designing change-in-control bonus plans, management carve-out agreements and other retention arrangements
  • Drafting option cancellation/assumption agreements and inducement plans
  • Addressing incentive and retention issues

Section 409A:

• Helps clients comply with all aspects of Section 409A and its application to traditional non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements, equity plans, employment and severance arrangements, bonus arrangements and reimbursement arrangements.

• Recommended for Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional, Legal 500 United States, 2024

• Member, Dallas Bar Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section