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Austin Ozawa
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Austin Ozawa is a partner in the Tax Department of the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where his practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters for both public and private companies and financial institutions. Mr. Ozawa’s experience includes the negotiation and drafting of executive employment agreements, the design, implementation and administration of equity and non-equity incentive compensation plans and arrangements, and SEC and ERISA compliance and disclosure matters.
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Tax Partner
Career
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
(Next Generation Partners)Latham & Watkins LLP stands out as a key advisor to corporations, private equity firms, and financial services companies, particularly in high-profile transactions that have cross-border dimensions. The firm’s notable work includes advising Tapestry, Inc. on its $8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings Limited, reflecting its expansive global capabilities. Led by Larry Seymour from Los Angeles, the practice offers expertise in incentive compensation, severance, and executive programs for both public and private sector clients. In New York, Bradd Williamson 
is known for his deep experience with private equity funds and public companies, regularly advising on IPOs and de-SPAC transactions. Washington DC’s David T. Della Rocca and Silicon Valley’s Jay Metz are valued for their expertise in tax, corporate, and securities law related to incentive compensation agreements. Los Angeles-based Michelle Carpenter focuses on M&A and IPOs, while Austin Ozawa in New York specializes in SEC and ERISA compliance.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional United States > Labor and employment
- Next Generation Partners United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism