Deborah Lifshey, Esq., Vice President, Pearl Meyer & Partners to Speak at KC’s Section 409A: Equity Based Compensation Final Regulation Event on September 6, 2007
New York, NY, August 09, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused teleconferences announced today that Deborah Lifshey, Esq., Vice President of Pearl Meyer & Partners, will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming teleconference “Section 409A: Equity Based Compensation Final Regulation.” This event is scheduled for September 6, 2007 at 1:00 PM (EST). (For further details and an updated panelist list of the event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org)
The new Section 409A regulations cover both public and private companies, from single to multiple employees and contractors. It is essential that companies immediately review all equity based compensation plans and arrangements as there may be significant penalties for noncompliance by the Dec. 31, 2007 deadline.
The Knowledge Congress has assembled a panel of experts to help companies understand the new regulations. A live teleconference on equity based compensation regulations is scheduled for September 2007.
About Deborah Lifshey
Deborah Lifshey, a Vice President, has been with Pearl Meyer & Partners since 2001. She specializes in advising clients on compensation matters from a legal perspective, including securities disclosure, taxation, and corporate governance issues, as well as negotiation of contracts and reasonableness opinion letters. She is a graduate of the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell University and the University of Florida College of Law, and served as a federal clerk for the Honorable Judge Susan H. Black on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining Pearl Meyer & Partners, Ms. Lifshey practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where she specialized in executive compensation, ERISA matters and corporate transactions, and at Holland and Knight, where she specialized in employment litigation matters.
Ms. Lifshey has authored and/or co-authored the following works: “The New Qualified Plan Minimum Distribution Rules,” The New York Law Journal (Winter, 1996); “IRS Changes Rules Through Field Service Advice – This Time on FICA and ESPP,” Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, RIA Group Publishing (January/February 2000); “Perquisites,” Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook,” BNA Publications (2002); “Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements,” Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook (2004); and “Executive Compensation: The Perspective of the Compensation Consultant,” Chapter 15 of Corporate Governance: Law and Practice (2007). She is also a frequent speaker and panelist on disclosure and taxation issues, and has been quoted by various journals on executive compensation best practices.
She is a member of the New York and Florida Bars.
About Pearl Meyer & Partners
Founded in 1989, Pearl Meyer & Partners (PM&P) is a premier compensation consultancy that serves as trusted advisor to Boards and their senior management in the areas of governance, strategy and executive and Director compensation program design. Clients from the Fortune 500 to not-for-profits and emerging high-growth companies rely on PM&P to help align rewards with long-term business goals and create value for all stakeholders: shareholders, executives, and employees.
For more information about Pearl Meyer & Partners, please visit: http://www.pearlmeyer.com
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces teleconferences that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour teleconferences to study the impact of changing regulations.” To contact or to register to an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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The new Section 409A regulations cover both public and private companies, from single to multiple employees and contractors. It is essential that companies immediately review all equity based compensation plans and arrangements as there may be significant penalties for noncompliance by the Dec. 31, 2007 deadline.
The Knowledge Congress has assembled a panel of experts to help companies understand the new regulations. A live teleconference on equity based compensation regulations is scheduled for September 2007.
About Deborah Lifshey
Deborah Lifshey, a Vice President, has been with Pearl Meyer & Partners since 2001. She specializes in advising clients on compensation matters from a legal perspective, including securities disclosure, taxation, and corporate governance issues, as well as negotiation of contracts and reasonableness opinion letters. She is a graduate of the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell University and the University of Florida College of Law, and served as a federal clerk for the Honorable Judge Susan H. Black on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining Pearl Meyer & Partners, Ms. Lifshey practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where she specialized in executive compensation, ERISA matters and corporate transactions, and at Holland and Knight, where she specialized in employment litigation matters.
Ms. Lifshey has authored and/or co-authored the following works: “The New Qualified Plan Minimum Distribution Rules,” The New York Law Journal (Winter, 1996); “IRS Changes Rules Through Field Service Advice – This Time on FICA and ESPP,” Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, RIA Group Publishing (January/February 2000); “Perquisites,” Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook,” BNA Publications (2002); “Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements,” Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook (2004); and “Executive Compensation: The Perspective of the Compensation Consultant,” Chapter 15 of Corporate Governance: Law and Practice (2007). She is also a frequent speaker and panelist on disclosure and taxation issues, and has been quoted by various journals on executive compensation best practices.
She is a member of the New York and Florida Bars.
About Pearl Meyer & Partners
Founded in 1989, Pearl Meyer & Partners (PM&P) is a premier compensation consultancy that serves as trusted advisor to Boards and their senior management in the areas of governance, strategy and executive and Director compensation program design. Clients from the Fortune 500 to not-for-profits and emerging high-growth companies rely on PM&P to help align rewards with long-term business goals and create value for all stakeholders: shareholders, executives, and employees.
For more information about Pearl Meyer & Partners, please visit: http://www.pearlmeyer.com
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces teleconferences that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour teleconferences to study the impact of changing regulations.” To contact or to register to an event, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.
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