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The Baker McKenzie California Compensation team is one of a few firms to provide "one-stop" US domestic and international executive compensation, employee benefits and equity compensation advice, ensuring clients’ plans are designed to be offered on a global basis, with appropriate modifications due to local law requirements.

 

Baker McKenzie's Compensation team has a large client base (over 1,000 public/private companies), and routinely advises its clients on the employee benefits, executive compensation and equity compensation aspects of major cross-border business change and re-organization/restructuring projects, such as mergers & acquisitions, spin-offs, reductions in force and post-acquisition integration.

 

In addition, we provide advice to multinational companies on all aspects of pension law, including benefits and pension plan risk-mitigation strategies and de-risking alternatives. Matters range from workforce and transaction planning, to regulatory compliance and addressing significant financial and regulatory risk associated with particular types of pension arrangements (such as defined-benefit arrangements), including techniques to mitigate fiduciary risk and to avoid prohibited transactions with plan assets.

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What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie comprises unchallenged experts in global equity services, providing some of the largest companies with services worldwide at the highest level. The team handles the full spectrum of employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA matters, domestically and internationally. The group ranks highly for the scale and sophistication of equity granting and other compensation work handled regionally for both a Californian and a global clientele. The practitioners also have significant expertise in global tax and compliance issues.

Work Highlights

  • Baker McKenzie advised Physicians Realty Trust on the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of its merger with Healthpeak Properties, valued at approximately $21 billion.

Strengths

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Baker McKenzie has been an invaluable partner, offering not just timely and accurate advice, but also the deep expertise needed to navigate the complexities of global equity plan compliance.

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The Baker McKenzie team are true partners with great attention to detail and nuance.

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While they retain so much knowledge with regards to equity and taxation best practices, they are able to pass along the information in an understandable manner.

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondent
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Baker McKenzie bring to bear the experience of an extremely strong team. This collective knowledge, expertise and experience benefits all of their clients because they have seen so much.

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation respondent
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Baker's expertise, responsiveness and presentation of their advice in this field is excellent.

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Notable Practitioners

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Barbara Klementz
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Barbara Klementz
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Barbara Klementz is well versed in handling equity plans and compensation issues for multinational clients.

Barbara is super responsive and just really knows the space.

Barbara is incredibly knowledgeable and practical.

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Denise M Glagau
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Denise M Glagau
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Denise Glagau frequently acts on the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of mergers, acquisitions and sales. She regularly represents clients in the technology sector on cross-border transactions.

Denise is responsive and a partner in every sense of the word.

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Matthew Schonholz
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Matthew Schonholz
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Matthew Schonholz of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP provides expert advice on a variety of executive compensation and tax matters relating to corporate transactions.

Matthew is a very thoughtful attorney and a great advocate for his clients.

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Sinead M Kelly
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Sinead M Kelly
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Sinead Kelly handles an array of transactional employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including those arising out of corporate spin-offs and IPOs.

Sinead's responsiveness is top-notch and she consistently provides timely and thoughtful advice.

Sinead listens and offers solutions that we can actually implement. She understands our business and our needs.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Matthew Schonholz
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Matthew Schonholz
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California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Barbara Klementz
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Barbara Klementz
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Denise M Glagau
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Denise M Glagau
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Sinead M Kelly
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Sinead M Kelly
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Members

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Barbara Klementz

Barbara Klementz

Head of Department

Janel Brynda

Jennifer Kirk

Jill Sparkman

Kela Shang

Steve Stratton

Thomas Asmar

Victor Flores