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WilmerHale Offices
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036
United States
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Ciara Baker
Work Department
Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits ; Life Sciences ; Private Equity ; Tax ; Technology
Position
Partner
Career
Ciara R.M. Baker’s tax practice involves advising the firm’s publicly traded and privately held corporate clients with a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spin offs, formation, financings, restructurings and public offerings. She also has experience in a variety of aspects of executive compensation including equity compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, incentive plans, and executive, retention, severance and change-in-control agreements. Ms. Baker’s practice also includes advising nonprofit organizations on applying for and maintaining tax-exempt status.
Memberships
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Education
JD, Boston College Law School, 2008
BA, History, University of Chicago, 2003
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
WilmerHale advises buyers, sellers, and debtors in M&A, with a particular focus on defined benefit plans and multi-employer withdrawal liabilities. The firm has a strong track record with biotech clients, representing companies including Solid Biosciences, Decibel Therapeutics, and Akouos. Boston-based Kim Wethly chairs the tax department and deals with executive compensation-related tax, corporate securities, and accounting issues. Amy Null, also in Boston, guides financial industry service providers through ERISA and employee benefit plan regulations. In Washington DC, Ciara Baker specializes in advising public and private corporate clients on equity compensation, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, and change in control agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense