John B. Shannon

John Shannon's comprehensive knowledge of executive compensation enables him to provide efficient and practical solutions to complex tax, securities, and corporate governance issues. John counsels public and private companies on employment and severance agreements, stock plans, and deferred compensation arrangements, and has extensive experience with compensation issues in M&A and corporate transactions.

He regularly advises on equity-based and other incentive arrangements, nonqualified deferred compensation, and employment, separation, and change-in-control agreements. John has significant experience in tax and securities issues in executive compensation, including proxy and 8-K disclosures, Section 16 reporting and insider trading regulation, 10b5-1 plans, 409A deferred compensation rules, and human capital resources disclosure. Clients rely on John for compensation matters relating to M&A deals and other corporate transactions, including analysis and strategy on 280G golden parachute rules.