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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
Visit website 1 713 229 1234 1 713 229 1522

Gail Stewart

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Work Department

Tax / Executive Compensation & Benefits

Position

Senior Counsel

Career

Gail Stewart serves as the chair of the firmwide employee benefits & executive compensation section and has extensive experience with executive compensation arrangements, such as equity-based incentive programs, bonus plans, change-in-control arrangements and employment agreements, and the employee benefit and executive compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She also provides counsel to boards, senior executives and legal departments regarding these matters and related SEC filings, and to compensation committees regarding executive compensation matters, as well as providing counsel to companies on the design and regulatory compliance of pension, profit sharing and welfare benefit plans.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas; Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel; ABA Tax Section Subcommittee on Federal Securities Law, Vice-Chair 2005-2009, Executive Compensation Subcommittee, Chair 2009-2014, Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee, Chair 2014-2016; National Association of Corporate Directors Texas TriCities Chapter Board Member

Education

J.D., Baylor Law School, Baylor Law Review (1983); B.B.A. accounting, Baylor University, 1980

Personal

Publications

Proxy Update 2019: Hot Topics and New Developments (Webinar, January 2019);
IRS Issues Initial Grandfather Relief Guidance Under Section 162(m), Tax Update, (August 2018); PBGC Expands Missing Participants Program to Include Terminated 401(k) Plans, EBEC Update, (February 2018); Tax Reform Act – Impact on Executive Compensation, Tax Update, (December 2017)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional

Baker Botts L.L.P. is renowned for its ‘sophisticated, practical advice’ on all aspects of compensation and employee benefit plans under the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. The firm tackles emerging issues such as pay-versus-performance disclosure, clawback provisions, and non-compete clauses. New York-based Robin Melman, at the helm of the practice, addresses corporate governance matters, disclosure requirements, and tax implications associated with management transitions and transaction negotiations. Jason Loden in Dallas offers his expertise in qualified retirement plans, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, and welfare benefit schemes, and Houston’s Gail Stewart is well-versed in equity-based incentive plans, golden parachute arrangements, and designing executive compensation programs. Meanwhile, Katie Birnhak in New York advises both public and private firms on various executive compensation matters.

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