Adam L. Kestenbaum
Adam Kestenbaum, Local Chair of the Tax Department in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters. He advises on all types of compensation arrangements and benefit plans and in a variety of industries, with extensive experience working with oil and gas companies and master limited partnerships. As a member of the Tax Department, Retirement Committee, and global Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice, Adam works with public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and executives, with particular focus on: Compensation and benefits issues that arise in corporate mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, financings, spin-offs, and other corporate transactions Negotiating and drafting executive employment and separation agreements Designing incentive and equity-based compensation programs and deferred compensation plans Preparing executive compensation disclosures for proxy statements and other securities filings Counseling on tax, securities, ERISA, and corporate law issues as they relate to executive compensation and employee benefits arrangements Adam was recently named a Rising Star by Law360, which recognizes “attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.” Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Adam served as a law clerk to then-Vice Chancellor, now Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court. · Latham & Watkins
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Adam Kestenbaum, Local Chair of the Tax Department in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters. He advises on all types of compensation arrangements and benefit plans and in a variety of industries, with extensive experience working with oil and gas companies and master limited partnerships.