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Mike Frank, a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Palo Alto office, focuses his practice in executive compensation and employee benefits, with particular expertise in the compensation and benefits aspects of transactions, including mergers and spin-offs.

Mr. Frank regularly advises companies regarding all aspects of their equity- and cash-based incentive programs. Mr. Frank also advises clients on the design and implementation of non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements, including the evolving rules of section 409A, and on the design and implementation of tax-qualified retirement plans.

He recently advised a public company based outside the U.S. on tax, securities, accounting and workforce issues in connection with its option exchange program and helped a client preserve the incentive value of stock options with favorable accounting treatment in connection with an extraordinary cash dividend.

He has also advised both private and public companies on the structure of compensation and benefit arrangements in mergers and acquisitions and spin-off transactions; advised the in-house human resources, legal, and stock administration groups of Fortune 500 companies on a variety of compensation and benefits issues; and advised numerous emerging growth companies on legal and “best practices” aspects of their equity-based incentive programs.

Mr. Frank is a frequent speaker on executive compensation and employee benefits matters.

Mr. Frank received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1995, an A.M. from Stanford University in 1991, and his B.A, with honors, from Grinnell College in 1989.