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Sean C. Feller

Sean
Feller

Partner

CONTACT INFO

sfeller@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 310.551.8746

FAX:+1 310.552.7033

Century City

2029 Century Park East, Suite 4000, Los Angeles, CA 90067-3026 USA

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PRACTICE

Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Tax

BIOGRAPHY

Sean Feller is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Century City office.  He serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group.  His practice focuses on all aspects executive compensation and employee benefits.  His practice encompasses tax, ERISA, accounting, corporate, and securities law aspects of equity and other incentive compensation plans; qualified and nonqualified retirement and deferred compensation plans and executive employment and severance arrangements.  Mr. Feller has been recognized by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law.  In 2020 and 2022, he was ranked by Chambers USA as a Leading Lawyer in Los Angeles in the area of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation.

Mr. Feller’s practice has focused on:

  • Designing and implementing stock and other incentive plans
  • Designing, implementing and advising clients on deferred compensation plans, 401(k) plans and ESOPs, SERPs and tax-qualified defined benefit pension plans, as well as health and welfare plans and other types of fringe benefits
  • Advising public company clients on securities law compliance involving a comprehensive range of compensation plans
  • Advising public company clients on securities law disclosure requirements involving executive and director compensation
  • Advising companies, boards and management teams on compensation and benefits in mergers and acquisitions
  • Designing and negotiating executive and director compensation arrangements

Mr. Feller received his law degree from Columbia Law School in 2000.  He earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in 1997.  He is admitted to practice in the States of New York and California.

EDUCATION

Columbia University - 2000 Juris Doctor

Cornell University - 1997 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - October 27, 2022 | SEC Releases Final Clawback Rules
Firm News - August 15, 2022 | Lawdragon 500 2022 Names 20 Gibson Dunn Partners Top Employment Lawyers
Firm News - June 1, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Earns 101 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2022
Firm News - November 15, 2021 | Fourteen Gibson Dunn Partners Named Top Employment Lawyers
Firm News - May 20, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Earns 94 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2021
Webcasts - March 11, 2021 | Webcast: Navigating Complex Challenges in Carveout Transactions
Firm News - December 11, 2020 | Eleven Gibson Dunn Partners Named Top Employment Lawyers
Client Alert - December 3, 2020 | Proxy Advisory Firm Updates and Action Items for 2021 Annual Meetings
Firm News - April 24, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Earns 84 Top-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA 2020
Client Alert - March 26, 2020 | Senate Advances the CARES Act, the Largest Stimulus Package in History, to Stabilize the Economic Sector During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Client Alert - November 6, 2019 | IRS Updates U.S. Retirement Plan COLAs for 2020
Firm News - August 19, 2019 | 12 Gibson Dunn Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Webcasts - September 6, 2018 | Webcast: IPO and Public Company Readiness: Focus on Executive Compensation
Client Alert - August 30, 2018 | IRS Issues Initial Selective Guidance on New Section 162(m) Provisions, including Transition Rules
Firm News - March 28, 2018 | Eleven Partners Named 2018 BTI Client Service All Stars
Client Alert - November 10, 2017 | Updates to Taxation of Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Under the Proposed House Tax Legislation
Client Alert - November 8, 2017 | Potential Changes in Taxation of Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Under the Proposed House Tax Legislation
Client Alert - October 19, 2017 | IRS Updates U.S. Retirement Plan COLAs for 2018
Client Alert - September 5, 2017 | Internal Revenue Service Announces Relief for Southeast Texas Due to Hurricane Harvey
Webcasts - January 26, 2017 | Webcast: Key Legal Issues in Compensation and Benefits in M&A Transactions
Client Alert - November 22, 2016 | Proxy Advisory Firm Updates and Action Items for 2017 Annual Meetings
Client Alert - July 5, 2016 | IRS Releases Additional Guidance on Changes to Determination Letter Program for Qualified Retirement Plans
Client Alert - June 24, 2016 | IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Addressing Application of Section 409A to Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
Client Alert - March 31, 2016 | District Court Issues Troubling Decision in Sun Capital Case: Private Equity Funds Formed “Partnership-in-Fact” and Were Engaged in “Trade or Business,” Liable for Withdrawal Liability Obligations of Portfolio Company
Client Alert - August 6, 2015 | SEC Adopts Final CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules
Client Alert - July 9, 2015 | U.S. Internal Revenue Service Announces Elimination of Lump Sum Windows for Retirees Already Receiving Benefits
Client Alert - May 19, 2015 | United States Supreme Court Finds ERISA Fiduciary Claims Not Time-Barred
Client Alert - May 11, 2015 | In Calma v. Templeton, Delaware Court of Chancery Finds Director Compensation Decision Subject to Entire Fairness Review
Client Alert - May 1, 2015 | SEC Proposes Rules Regarding “Pay Versus Performance” Disclosures
Client Alert - July 12, 2013 | Supreme Court’s Defense of Marriage Act Decision Will Have Profound Impact on Employee Benefit Plans
Client Alert - January 29, 2013 | Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis Proxy Voting Policies and Other Developments for the 2013 Proxy Season
Client Alert - January 16, 2013 | U.S. Fiscal Cliff Deal Expands Availability of In-Plan Roth Conversions
Client Alert - October 25, 2012 | U.S. Agencies Release Guidance on Shared Responsibility Employer Penalties and Waiting Period Limitations under the Affordable Care Act
Client Alert - October 16, 2012 | ISS Releases Draft 2013 Proxy Voting Policies
Client Alert - September 12, 2012 | IRS Releases Final Regulations on Deductions for Personal Use of Business Aircraft
Client Alert - December 27, 2011 | ISS Issues White Paper on New Approach in Evaluating Pay for Performance Alignment
Client Alert - November 23, 2011 | ISS Releases Policy Updates for 2012 Proxy Season
Client Alert - March 31, 2011 | SEC Proposes Rules on Compensation Committee Independence and the Role of Compensation Consultants and Other Advisers
Client Alert - October 19, 2010 | SEC Proposes Rules for Say-on-Pay and Say-on-Golden-Parachute Votes
Client Alert - December 22, 2009 | Congress Extends and Expands COBRA “Subsidy”
Client Alert - July 2, 2009 | SEC Proposes Rules on “Say On Pay” for TARP Recipients, Proposes Enhanced Corporate Governance Disclosures and Proxy Solicitation Rule Changes, and Approves Final Rule on Broker Discretionary Voting
Client Alert - June 10, 2009 | Financial Markets in Crisis: Treasury and Congress to Expand the Reach of Government Oversight of Executive Compensation Matters to All Public Companies
Client Alert - February 24, 2009 | Federal Stimulus Bill Makes Major Changes to COBRA That Will Require Immediate Action
Client Alert - November 14, 2008 | Unprecedented Challenges for Executive Compensation Require Immediate Planning
Client Alert - October 27, 2008 | Dealing with Underwater Stock Options
Client Alert - February 22, 2008 | IRS Provides Transition Relief on Controversial Section 162(m) Issue
Client Alert - April 16, 2007 | IRS Releases Final Regulations Interpreting the Code Section 415 Limits on Benefits Under Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans
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