Michelle Lara

Michelle Lara has over 25 years of experience advising a wide variety of companies on the full range of issues associated with executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements, including the various tax, securities and other regulatory issues that govern compensation and benefit plans.

Michelle's clients include large Fortune 500 publicly held companies and other public and private companies at every stage of the corporate life cycle. She works with clients to develop strategy and provide practical solutions pertaining to the design and administration of equity and cash incentive compensation plans, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, executive employment and severance agreements, change in control plans and other compensation agreements. Michelle regularly counsels publicly held companies and their compensation committees regarding the disclosure of compensation arrangements in public filings and corporate governance matters related to executive compensation.

Michelle has extensive experience with and regularly advises companies regarding compensation and benefit plan issues arising in connection with mergers, acquisitions, public offerings and other significant corporate transactions as well as counseling mature public companies regarding their compensation and benefits programs. Michelle is a regular speaker and educator at bar association and trade group conferences on equity and executive compensation issues.