Anthony Dowling

Corporate and Transactional

Corporate Governance

Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Group

Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

General Counsel Services

Investment Advisers, Asset Managers, and Private Funds

Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity

Taxation

A Partner in the Corporate and Transactional practice, Anthony advises clients in the areas of executive compensation, private equity, and transactional business law. His clients include public and private companies, private equity firms, investors, and executives in a wide range of industries located throughout the United States.

Representative Experience

-Regularly advises CEOs, CFOs, and other senior executives in connection with private equity and public company employment and compensation arrangements, change in control transactions, and separations.

-Counsel to several private equity firms and investor groups in connection with their internal relationships, fund structuring and formation, portfolio company investments, and compensation programs.

-Advise early-stage and mature companies in structuring and implementing equity-based and other compensation programs.

-Advise companies and executives on 409A and 280G and taxation of stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, profits interests, and other compensation.

-Advise investment banking and other financial services professionals in connection with compensation and transitions.

-Advise corporate board members in connection with their director engagements.

-Counsel to founders and investors in numerous successful start-up and venture backed companies, including in the areas of sports marketing, event management, event hosting, media production, education publishing and software, specialty foods, retail energy, clean energy, marine design and technology, and e-payment systems.