Victor A. Flores

Victor Flores is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Practice, with a focus on Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits. Victor advises global US and non-US companies – both public and private – on all aspects of executive compensation and benefits matters, including the corporate, securities and tax law, and ERISA issues arising in the implementation and administration of compensation programs.

He regularly helps clients with the design and implementation of equity and non-equity based incentive compensation programs and nonqualified deferred compensation programs. Victor also has extensive experience advising on compensations and benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, private equity and other corporate transactions.

He also represents companies in the negotiation of executive employment, termination, and change in control and severance arrangements.

Education:

• George Washington University Law School (JD cum laude) (1998)
• Columbia University (AB) (1992)

Admissions:

• California~United States (2003)
• New York~United States (1998)

Professional Associations and Memberships : National Association of Stock Plan Professionals – Member

Representative Legal Matters:

• Advised Willis PLC in connection with its merger with Towers Watson & Co. on the legal, securities and tax implications of the transaction on outstanding equity awards held by employees of both companies.
• Represented a Silicon Valley company on a variety of compensation and benefits related matters in connection with the separation of its businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies.
• Advised a Silicon Valley company in the design and implementation of executive change in control severance program.
• Represented Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. in its merger with Volterra Semiconductor Corporation on the compensation and benefits related issues arising under the transaction.