Vinson & Elkins LLP

Executive Compensation & Benefits

Partner

Dario advises public and private companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs), private equity firms, portfolio companies, boards of directors, compensation committees, management teams and individual executives on a wide range of compensation and benefits matters, including applicable tax, securities law, corporate governance and disclosure implications associated with such matters.

Dario’s practice involves compensation and benefits issues that arise in mergers, acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, initial public offerings, private offerings, reorganizations, restructurings, Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) and de-SPAC transactions and a wide range of other transactions, domestic and international.

Dario advises clients on designing, drafting, negotiating, implementing, and administering a broad variety of compensation and benefits arrangements, including but not limited to equity-based and cash-based incentive arrangements, employment agreements, severance agreements, change in control arrangements, retention arrangements and other deferred compensation arrangements. Dario also advises clients on ESG matters (including linking compensation to ESG performance).

Dario has been recognized by Chambers USA (2021 and 2022 editions), Legal 500 (2021 and 2022 editions) and The Best Lawyers in America© (2023 edition).

Stanford Law School, J.D., 2010 The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Government and Psychology (double major) with high honors, 2006