Shareholder
Wendy guides business owners and their advisors through ESOP transactions and employee benefits issues in non-ESOP mergers and acquisitions. From the transaction planning phase through closing, she represents sellers, buyers, fiduciaries and their advisors. She facilitates clear communication between all of the stakeholders to close deals on time and on budget.
Wendy handles qualified retirement plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, including 401(k) plans, restricted stock plans, phantom stock plans and stock appreciation rights (SARs) plans.
She speaks regularly on ESOP transaction planning and execution, executive compensation, controlled groups, corporate governance and fiduciary issues.
Honors
Super Lawyers has named her a Northern California Rising Star in the area of employee benefits five times.
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Education And Bar Affiliation
J.D., University of California at Davis School of Law and LL.M. (Master of Laws) in taxation, University of Alabama, where she received the distinction of “Best Paper” in Deferred Compensation.
Admitted to practice in California.