Alex's practice focuses on counseling clients to navigate the complex rules and regulations involved in employment and executive compensation matters. He draws on his deep knowledge of employment, tax, and corporate laws to guide his clients — which range from startups to global enterprises and span a wide variety of industries, including tech, health care, life sciences, crypto, and financial services.

A significant portion of Alex’s practice is also dedicated to counseling individual executives in their compensation offers and exit packages and management teams in the context of M&A transactions.

Alex’s expertise includes the negotiation and design of employment, consulting, severance, and non-competition agreements, as well as the design and structuring of compensation programs, including change in control, deferred compensation, and equity compensation.

Represented a private staffing company in adoption and documentation of profits interest plan and change in control arrangements.
Represented a large private company in matters related to Section 280G of the tax code, including analysis of the impact of Section 280G and documentation of a shareholder cleansing vote.
Represented a startup technology company in the negotiation and documentation of employment documentation for key executive officers, including employment agreements, equity agreements, and restrictive covenant agreements.
Represented a public consumer service company in the negotiation and documentation of separation agreements for certain executive officers.

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Prepping for Sale: Getting Your Employment and Benefits House in Order

November 25, 2025 | Blog | By Michelle Capezza, Alexander Song, Joseph J. Ronca

Preparing for the sale of a company can often be overwhelming, leaving sellers and company management scrambling as they approach closing. This post highlights key employment and benefits considerations to address in preparation for a sale, offering practical insights to help sellers and company management navigate the sale with confidence and efficiency. Taking these preliminary steps and anticipating buyer diligence questions can help companies present a well-managed organization, streamline the diligence process, and accelerate deal execution.

July 22, 2025 | Blog | By Alexander Song, Dana Sebrow

Reimbursements for relocation expenses have once again become a key component of attracting top talent. If not carefully structured, however, such expense reimbursements may inadvertently trigger significant adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. This post discusses some of the requirements under Section 409A and offers tips for avoiding some of the common pitfalls in drafting relocation benefits.

June 2, 2020 | Blog | By Alexander Song, Anne Bruno, Michael Arnold, Steve Gulotta, Andrew Bernstein

Employers reacted in a variety of ways to cope with the unprecedented financial impact of COVID-19. Employers must begin to shift their focus to whether their current executive compensation practices are designed with sufficient incentives to retain key employees and to spur recovery and sustained growth. This post reviews the range of cost-cutting measures companies have enacted over the past few months, and provides guidance on executive compensation issues employers should consider as they move forward in a COVID-19 world.

June 17, 2019 | Blog | By Alexander Song, Anne Bruno

On May 31, 2019, in Stein v. Blankfein, et. al., the Delaware Court of Chancery reaffirmed the Delaware Supreme Court’s holding in In re: Investors Bancorp, Inc. Stockholder Litigation (more information here) that the “entire fairness” standard applies with regard to director approval of director compensation. The Stein case builds on the precedent set in Investors Bancorp and provides additional insights.

May 3, 2018 | Blog | By Alexander Song

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed into law a bill that provides equal pay protections for members of certain protected classes. Governor Murphy also signed into law a bill that requires New Jersey employers to provide paid sick leave to employees.

April 9, 2018 | Blog | By Alexander Song

Given the ever-increasing reliance on digital technology, employees are more and more tethered to their smartphones – checking email during their commute, at the dinner table, and even from their beds – essentially creating a never-ending work day. A bill filed by a New York City councilman aims to curtail this trend.

January 2, 2018 | Blog | By Alexander Song

The Tax Bill creates a new Section 83(i) of the tax code, which allows certain employees of private companies to defer taxation on the exercise of certain stock options or the settlement of restricted stock units for up to 5 years.

October 11, 2017 | Blog | By Alexander Song

Beginning on January 1, 2018, New York employers will have to provide paid family leave to their employees. This post provides a comprehensive overview for employers to better understand their obligations under New York’s new Paid Family Leave law (PFL) and its accompanying regulations

October 5, 2017 | Blog | By Alexander Song

Beginning on October 31st, New York City employers will be prohibited from inquiring about or relying on salary history during the hiring process. As a reminder, this ban makes it an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer, employment agency, or employee or agent of the employer to

July 21, 2017 | Blog | By Alexander Song

Regulations implementing the Paid Family Leave Act became effective on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. No substantive changes were made to the proposed regulations that were published back in May 2017 (which we addressed here).

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