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Executive employment agreements and equity arrangements are the “golden keys” that unlock “golden handcuffs”. Signing bonuses serve as the key to open the door to hiring. Vesting options, bonuses and other “golden handcuff” benefits make executives more reluctant to leave their current position for a new one. However, signing bonuses are often used as a tool of persuasion – urging an executive to sign with a new company. Signing bonuses are crucial when accompanying a job offer that has a lower salary than an executive wants. CEO, Maria Leone* sought out the counsel of Attorney Robert Adelson who helped her negotiate an increased signing bonus with a new firm that expressed interest in hiring her. Maria Leone was currently working as a CEO at a NY ad agency where she made a comfortable salary with foreseeable bonuses and vesting options, however when a young, rising agency (we will call Marketing X*) expressed interest with a higher salary Maria grew interested. Since the Marketing X was still young, and the salary the company was offering was not substantially higher Maria wanted to explore her options and negotiate her executive contract terms.  Attorney Adelson negotiated the executive’s employment agreement as well as her equity arrangements, convincing Marketing X to set up a package with stock and options to reward Maria’s loyalty later down the road. Attorney Adelson also negotiated a substantial increase in the signing bonus and an increased salary as well. The signing bonuses and equity arrangements that Marketing X arranged from Maria Leone helped make her particular transition between companies smooth and lucrative, making Maria whole for what she lost when leaving her current position.
Robert Adelson was successful with this representative case because he applied his over 30 years experience, care and time to help Maria Leone achieve a more desirable position. As a Boston executive employment attorney, with clients across the country, Attorney Adelson has helped many executives negotiate signing bonuses and employment agreements. This representative case highlights the success that Attorney Adelson’s executive compensation negotiations led to for CEO Maria Leone. *All dates, client’s names and companies have been altered to keep confidentiality.
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On May 28, 2019, CEOWorld magazine published an article I wrote on “Negotiating Your COO Employment Agreement” The magazine advised me that I can use “Featured in the CEOWOLRD magazine” and the CEOWORLD “Logo” on my website. This article is designed for Chief Operating Officers (COOs) hired to oversee all areas of company operations, including production, marketing and sales, and research and development. My article also recognizes that a COO can also be hired for further specific missions including any of the following:
My article discusses delineation of your duties, responsibilities, authority and reporting and including in those special circumstances listed above. My article also offers suggestions for your COO offer letter or employment contract to include key executive employment terms on which you rely to take the job. My article next discusses what to seek in getting the right COO Executive Compensation Package, and concludes with a discussion of severance rights to enable you to protect the terms of your bargain reached with the company. To see my full CEOWorld magazine. article, go to LINK: https://ceoworld.biz/2019/05/28/negotiating-your-coo-employment-agreement/ Or my website at https://www.executiveemploymentattorney.com/negotiating-your-coo-employment-agreement/  With more than 12.4+ million-page views, CEOWORLD magazine is the world’s leading business magazine written strictly for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, senior management executives, business leaders, and high net worth individuals worldwide.
With the editor’s email to me of May 28, 2019, advising me of publication, I was also advised that I can add CEOWORLD magazine in my LinkedIn profile’s “Experience Section” as an “Opinion Columnist.” See https://ceoworld.biz/author/robert-adelson/ It is my hope that this article will be helpful to senior executives in technology, life sciences and other fields and industries, who are being recruited and have now, or anticipate soon receiving, an attractive offer to serve as COO, the chief operating officer with need to review the job offer or executive employment contract including special circumstances included in the position. If you or any colleague of yours has a need in this area, please do reach out to me at radelson@engelschultz.com.  Last Tuesday, on October 30, 2018, CEOWorld magazine published an article I wrote on “Negotiating the Right Executive Compensation Package for Yourself” The magazine advised me that I can use “Featured in the CEOWOLRD magazine” and the CEOWORLD “Logo” on my website.
This article was designed for CEOs and other C-Suite, VPs or other senior executives who when negotiating a new executive job offer or employment contract need to give attention to the executive compensation package that it contains all the key features to fully compensate the CEO or senior executive for the critical services he or she provides to the company and its owners. My article further indicates how in these negotiations, the executive should seek to accomplish several important and distinct goals, including to
The article also discusses how the CEO or senior executive can use these goals and means of achieving them to strengthen his or her position at the company. These negotiations can serve to demonstrate to your new employer your abilities as a skilled executive capable of managing complex situations that affect himself or herself directly. To see my full CEOWorld magazine. article, go to LINK: https://ceoworld.biz/2018/10/30/negotiating-the-right-executive-compensation-package-for-yourself/ Or on my website https://www.executiveemploymentattorney.com/negotiating-executive-compensation-package/ With more than 12.4+ million page views, CEOWORLD magazine is the world’s leading business magazine written strictly for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, senior management executives, business leaders, and high net worth individuals worldwide. It is my hope that this article will be helpful to CEOs and other senior executives who are negotiating the important executive compensation package and equity terms of a new job offer or renegotiation of executive contract terms with your current job or under an executive retention agreement if your company is in play. If you or any colleague of yours has a need in this area, please do reach out to me at radelson@engelschultz.com. Last Tuesday, on May 29, 2018, CEOWorld magazine published an article I wrote on “Structuring Bonuses in Your CEO Compensation for Maximum Benefit.” The magazine advised me that I can use “Featured in the CEOWORLD magazine” and the CEOWORLD “Logo” on my website.  This article was designed for CEOs and other C-Suite, VPs or other senior executives who when negotiating a new job offer or employment contract need to give equal and perhaps greater focus on the structure and terms of bonus as they do to base salary compensation.
My article discusses five (5) key bonus structures:
The article also suggests other important issues in the determination, calculation and payout of the bonus. To see my full CEOWorld magazine. article, go to LINK: http://ceoworld.biz/2018/05/29/structuring-bonuses-in-your-ceo-compensation-for-maximum-benefit/ Or on my website at https://www.executiveemploymentattorney.com/structuring-bonuses-in-your-ceo-compensation-for-maximum-benefit/ With more than 12.4+ million page views, CEOWORLD magazine is the world’s leading business magazine written strictly for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, senior management executives, business leaders, and high net worth individuals worldwide. It is my hope that this article will be helpful to CEOs and other senior executives who are considering or re-visiting the executive compensation piece of a job offer or employment contract and need to focus on bonus structure and terms every bit as much as base salary. If you or any colleague of yours has a need in this area, please do reach out to me at radelson@engelschultz.com. I have represented CEOs and senior executives working for companies in Massachusetts, elsewhere in New England and across the country, and I am available to answer all of your important questions. Contact me, your attorney for executive employment agreements at radelson@engelschultz.com or call 617-875-8665.  On April 24, 2018, CEOWorld magazine published an article I wrote on “Becoming CEO of a Startup – Key Employment Contract, Equity Terms and Other Considerations.” The magazine advised me that I can use “Featured in the CEOWOLRD magazine” and “Logo” on your website.
This article was designed for CEOs and other C-Suite, VPs or other senior executives who have achieved a level of success and who are tempted to leave an established company to take on the challenge of leading a startup, either a well-funded startup on the ground floor or an up and coming startup to the next level. My article discusses key employment contract and equity terms, including
The article also suggests other important considerations to include in due diligence and employment contract terms including shared vision, representations as to current financial position and other representations the executive is relying upon to take the position. To see my full CEOWorld magazine. article, go to LINK: http://ceoworld.biz/2018/04/24/becoming-ceo-of-a-startup-key-employment-contract-and-equity-terms-and-other-considerations/ or my website at https://www.executiveemploymentattorney.com/articles-section/becoming-ceo-of-a-startup-key-employment-contract-and-equity-terms-and-other-considerations/ With more than 12.4+ million page views, CEOWORLD magazine is the world’s leading business magazine written strictly for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, senior management executives, business leaders, and high net worth individuals worldwide. It is my hope that this article will be helpful to CEOs and other senior executives who are considering joining a funded startup company, whether at the ground floor or in the scale-up stage. If you or any colleague of yours has a need in this area, please do reach out to me at radelson@engelschultz.com. |
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