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Sriram Krishnamurthy
Partner
Employee Benefits and Compensation
New York

D212-497-7721

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  • Broad and Extensive Practice

    Sriram represents private and public high-tech and growth companies in executive compensation and employee benefits matters, with an emphasis on late-stage private companies, M&A, and capital markets transactions.

Sriram Krishnamurthy is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a co-leader of the firm's employee benefits and compensation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of private and public high-technology and growth companies in regard to executive compensation and employee benefits matters, with a particular emphasis on private company secondary liquidity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.

 

Sriram advises clients on the design, drafting, and administration of equity-based compensation programs (including stock option, restricted stock unit, and other equity arrangements) and employment, consulting, retention, severance, change-in-control, and deferred compensation arrangements, as well as the associated tax (including Section 409A), accounting, and securities law implications of such programs. He also regularly assists public and private companies with corporate governance and compliance matters, including compensation disclosures for proxy filings and other applicable securities filings, employee communications, and public announcements.

 

As an active member of the firm's transactional practice, Sriram has played a key role in many corporate transactions during the last several years, representing buyers and sellers in connection with employee benefits and compensation-related aspects, including pre-signing negotiations, executive and equity compensation (including Section 280G—the golden parachute rules), and post-closing employee integration issues. In addition, Sriram has significant experience with public offerings, having advised over a dozen issuers.

Recognized by Chambers USA as an esteemed practitioner specializing in executive compensation matters, Sriram is the “’go-to’ for discussing practical solution to complete tax and securities law issues.

 

Prior to attending law school, Sriram was an assurance and business advisory services associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Sriram Krishnamurthy is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a co-leader of the firm's employee benefits and compensation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of private and public high-technology and growth companies in regard to executive compensation and employee benefits matters, with a particular emphasis on private company secondary liquidity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.

 

Sriram advises clients on the design, drafting, and administration of equity-based compensation programs (including stock option, restricted stock unit, and other equity arrangements) and employment, consulting, retention, severance, change-in-control, and deferred compensation arrangements, as well as the associated tax (including Section 409A), accounting, and securities law implications of such programs. He also regularly assists public and private companies with corporate governance and compliance matters, including compensation disclosures for proxy filings and other applicable securities filings, employee communications, and public announcements.

 

As an active member of the firm's transactional practice, Sriram has played a key role in many corporate transactions during the last several years, representing buyers and sellers in connection with employee benefits and compensation-related aspects, including pre-signing negotiations, executive and equity compensation (including Section 280G—the golden parachute rules), and post-closing employee integration issues. In addition, Sriram has significant experience with public offerings, having advised over a dozen issuers.

Recognized by Chambers USA as an esteemed practitioner specializing in executive compensation matters, Sriram is the “’go-to’ for discussing practical solution to complete tax and securities law issues.

 

Prior to attending law school, Sriram was an assurance and business advisory services associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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