We design and implement executive compensation programs. This entails advising on the optimal forms of compensation, taxable and non-taxable benefits, tax-effective retirement plans, stock option programs, and insurance and disability plans.

We have written extensively on stock options and share ownership programs and can assist with tax-reporting issues.

We have also designed and implemented carried interest arrangements, where executives participate directly in certain businesses. Executives can obtain capital gains tax treatment (taxed at half rates) using these plans. We often include family trusts within these plans to maximize the benefits of income splitting. Sometimes the capital gains exemption can be used within the plan to obtain tax-free capital gains.