Alex's practice focuses on assisting clients with navigating the complex rules and regulations involved in employment and executive compensation matters. Alex represents clients in the negotiation and design of employment, consulting, severance, and non-competition agreements. He also advises clients in the structuring of compensation packages, including severance, change in control, deferred compensation, and equity compensation. Alex's experience also includes advising clients and management teams on the employment and executive compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Mintz, Alex was an associate at another law firm focusing on executive compensation and SEC disclosures related to compensation.
Experience
- Represented a private staffing company in adoption and documentation of profits interest plan and change in control arrangements.
- Represented a large private company in matters related to Section 280G of the tax code, including analysis of the impact of Section 280G and documentation of a shareholder cleansing vote.
- Represented a startup technology company in the negotiation and documentation of employment documentation for key executive officers, including employment agreements, equity agreements, and restrictive covenant agreements.
- Represented a public consumer service company in the negotiation and documentation of separation agreements for certain executive officers.
viewpoints
Another Reminder that Director Limits set forth in Equity Plans Allow Director Compensation to be Reviewed under the more Lenient Business Judgment Rule
May 1, 2017 | Blog | By Alexander Song
2016 New York Employment Law Year In Review
February 28, 2017 | Blog | By George Patterson, Alexander Song
New York Paid Family Leave Proposed Regulations Filed
February 28, 2017 | Blog | By Alexander Song
ISS Updates Proxy Voting Guidelines and New Survey on Mid-Market Compensation
December 14, 2016 | Blog | By Alexander Song
SEC Releases Guidance on Pay Ratio Rules
November 21, 2016 | Blog | By Alexander Song
ISS Survey Results Regarding Pay-for-Performance and Say-on-Pay Frequency
October 10, 2016 | Blog | By Alexander Song
Ninth Circuit Holds that SOX 304 Clawback Applies to Executives that are Not at Fault
September 14, 2016 | Blog | By Alexander Song
IRS Makes Filing an 83(b) Election Easier
August 16, 2016 | Blog | By Alexander Song
Innocents Abroad: Benefit and Compensation Considerations
June 15, 2016 | Blog | By Alexander Song
Federal Agencies Release Joint Proposed Rule on Financial Institution Incentive-Based Compensation
June 3, 2016 | Blog | By Alexander Song
News & Press
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Mintz Leads For Lido Advisors In Its Partnership With Colorado Financial Management
January 17, 2023
BOSTON – Mintz has served as legal counsel to wealth-management firm Lido Advisors LLC, a Charlesbank Capital Partners portfolio company, in its partnership with Colorado Financial Management (CFM).
Mintz Leads On A Quartet of Back-To-Back Private Equity Closings
October 25, 2022
Mintz attorneys in Boston, New York, and Washington, DC, closed four Private Equity transactions in the past month. Along with acquisitions for Charlesbank Capital Partners, DIF Capital Partners portfolio company Joink LLC, and Artemis Capital Partners, the firm represented the CEO and some managers of Salary.com in the sale of most of the company’s equity interests to Accel-KKR.
Mintz Advises Cybersecurity Firm Edgile in Sale to Wipro
January 12, 2022
Mintz Promotes Nine to Member
December 15, 2021
Mintz Represents Seventh Generation, Inc. in Sale to Unilever
October 27, 2016
Recognition & Awards
Featured in Best Lawyers in America Ones to Watch, Employment Law (2024 - 2025)