Shane J. Stroud

Shane provides clients with practical and pragmatic advice with respect to benefits and compensation matters. He routinely advises a wide range of clients – public and private companies, private equity funds, and members of management – on excessive compensation, golden parachute, and deferred compensation issues (including Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code), as well as bankruptcy, securities, corporate governance, and other laws affecting employee benefits and executive compensation.

Additionally, Shane has extensive experience representing both individual executives and employers in the adoption, negotiation, revision, and drafting of executive employment, incentive, and severance agreements. He regularly advises companies on the design and drafting of equity-based and incentive compensation plans and the implementation and design of qualified and non-qualified employee benefit plans (including health and welfare plans, 401k plans, employee stock ownership plans, and supplemental executive retirement plans).

He also counsels clients on ERISA issues, including plan reporting and disclosure, participation, vesting, funding, benefit accrual, fiduciary responsibility, prohibited transactions, plan termination, and merger and employer withdrawal liability issues.

Shane has over 20 years of experience representing companies, private equity funds, and individuals in, among other industries, pharmaceutical, medical supply, life sciences, financial, energy, entertainment, and travel.