Maj Vaseghi

Practice Areas

Maj Vaseghi, Vice Chair of the firm's Public Company and Board Representation Practice, advises a wide variety of clients on corporate governance, executive compensation, and employee benefits, including:

- Representation on ongoing executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including advising board compensation committees and senior executives with respect to employment arrangements, equity and cash-based incentive plans, deferred compensation plans, and preparation of proxy materials and other securities filings related to executive compensation matters

- Corporate transactions, including M&A and IPOs, where she advises companies on employee benefit and executive compensation aspects, including negotiating transactional documents, drafting disclosures and identifying issues arising under, and assisting in complying with, the Internal Revenue Code, labor laws, federal and state securities laws and applicable exchange rules

- Public company representation, including advising companies on corporate governance, securities law reporting and compliance, and proxy advisory and institutional stockholder voting guidelines

Maj leverages experience representing dozens of public companies across multiple industries and complementary perspectives on tax and securities matters to advise clients regarding their most sensitive issues.

Drawing on her previous role as in-house securities and corporate governance counsel at VMWare, Maj keenly understands the business issues that large public companies commonly face.

She frequently writes and speaks on executive compensation, corporate governance, and tax-related issues.