Jeffrey Bauman
Biography
Jeff Bauman is an associate in the Firm's North America Employment and Compensation practice and is based in the San Francisco office. Jeff advises multinational companies in the design and implementation of their international equity compensation plans, including dealing with issues such as tax obligations, regulatory compliance, data privacy, cross-border and mobile employee implications, and labor law compliance.
Practice Focus
Jeff has worked with a wide variety of public and private companies across the United States on offering their equity plans around the world and has assisted many companies in the equity plan issues implicated in corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, and going public transactions.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised numerous US public and private multinationals on equity award considerations in connection with entering new jurisdictions using various employment and engagement structures (e.g., direct local employees, foreign employers, third-party agency employees and contractors).
- Advised late-stage private companies on the rollout of public company equity plans, including employee stock purchase plans, in multiple jurisdictions and assisted with plan and award agreement review, employee tax summaries, securities and exchange control filings and tax withholding and reporting for post-IPO transactions.
- Advised various large US public companies on worldwide tax and regulatory implications for equity programs in significant corporate transactions, including assistance with regulatory filings and tax rulings with applicable non-US authorities.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP)
- Global Equity Organization (GEO)
Admissions
- California~United States (2014)
Education
- University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly University of California, Hastings College of the Law) (J.D., cum laude) (2014)
- Stanford University (B.A. Classics) (2010)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
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