Michelle Wallin is a partner in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's employee benefits and compensation practice. Michelle represents a wide range of public and private technology and growth companies with respect to executive compensation and employee benefit arrangement matters. Her practice focuses on the design and implementation of equity compensation plans, employment and severance agreements, and cash compensation arrangements, as well as on the corresponding tax, accounting, securities law, and day-to-day operational issues that can arise in connection with such arrangements. Michelle also is actively involved in the firm's transactional practice, working with employers to manage the transition of employees and their benefits during and after a merger or acquisition.