Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Casey W. Riggs
Casey Riggs is a corporate and business attorney who represents companies of all sizes, from startups to large corporations, and in all stages of the business life cycle, from entity formation through an exit event. Casey also represents many of his clients in estate planning and administration.
Do I Really Need a Lawyer for an LOI?
Lawyers handle a wide variety of transactions for our business clients, including M&A deals, venture capital financings, and real estate matters, and frequently they aren’t pulled into a deal by the client until a letter of intent (otherwise known as…
Retaining Key Employees in a Privately-Held Company through Equity Compensation – Part 5: Accounting Implications
This post is the fifth in a series exploring techniques to attract and retain key employees, directors, and other service providers of privately held companies through equity-based compensation arrangements and alternative arrangements that provide cash payments tied to the value…
Retaining Key Employees in a Privately-Held Company through Equity Compensation – Part 4: “Profits Interests” in LLCs and Partnerships
This post is the fourth in a series exploring techniques to attract and retain key employees, directors, and other service providers of privately held companies through equity-based compensation arrangements and alternative arrangements that provide cash payments tied to the value…
Retaining Key Employees in a Privately-Held Company through Equity Compensation – Part 3: Tax Treatment of Various Plans
This post is the third in a series exploring ways to attract and retain key employees, directors, and other service providers of privately held companies (herein “service providers”) through equity-based compensation arrangements and alternative arrangements that provide cash payments tied…
Retaining Key Employees in a Privately-Held Company through Equity Compensation – Part 2: Basics of Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock, and Stock Appreciation Rights
This post is the second in a series exploring ways to attract and retain key employees, directors, and other service providers of privately held companies through equity-based compensation arrangements. Previously, in the first post of this series, I provided a…
Retaining Key Employees in a Privately-Held Company through Equity Compensation – Part 1: Introduction
In this series of posts, we’ll explore ways to attract and retain key employees, directors and other service providers (all of which I’ll refer to throughout this post simply as “service providers”) of privately held companies through equity-based compensation arrangements and…