Robert A. Adelson, Esq.

Robert A. Adelson, Esq. is a corporate and tax attorney and principal of Adelson & Associates, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts. He represents CEOs and C-Level executives on various issues including employment terms, tax-favored equity, bonus and LTI compensation, change of control, retention, separation, wrongful termination, noncompete and restrictive covenants.

Robert Adelson is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn.

C-Suite Advisory

IP Ownership as Leverage for Founder Equity Negotiations

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Advisory

For startup founders, what can be more exciting and fulfilling than successfully growing your company and gaining new and more funding as investors’ confidence in your company’s prospects grow? But there is a flip side to this - equity dilution. Equity dilution occurs when new investors are brought in and...

C-Suite Insider

Navigating Past Clawbacks to take a Competitor’s C-level Job Offer

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Insider

For many C-level and senior executives, non-compete covenants are reinforced not only by injunction and “golden handcuffs” but by severe company clawback rights that can pose a significant and even crippling financial hazard to executives who want to leave or even test the waters with a competitor. If you are...

C-Suite Agenda

Forming a competing company to take 100% ownership of the business you built

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Agenda

The bold response when your employer reneges on promise of shared ownership. There are times when the owner or owners of a company need specific knowledge or capabilities to retain or develop new business or exploit a perceived opportunity, and thus willingly offer equity and shared ownership in order to...

C-Suite Advisory

How to Manage Multiple C-Level Executive Job Offers

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Advisory

As a C-level executive, there are times when you are being poached by other companies, recruiters have presented attractive opportunities, or you are otherwise considering leaving your current company to advance your career, and more than one position presents itself. Each position has its strengths and drawbacks. How do you...

Business Transformation

Stock Rights That Protect the Value of Your Executive Equity Compensation

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.Business Transformation

As a CEO or C-level executive, you may feel that your biggest financial opportunity from your services with a new company may not be your cash compensation, base salary or bonus, but rather your equity package. There may be one or more of several reasons you feel you have a...

CEO Insider

Negotiating Favorable Executive Equity Terms in an LLC – Capital vs. Profit Interests

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.CEO Insider

Despite the pandemic, executive recruiters face one of the strongest candidate markets in the past twenty years. You have more negotiating power than ever for executive compensation. When it comes to executive equity compensation, do you know that there are differences between employee equity from a corporation and an LLC?...

Future of Work

Executive Relocation Risks, Mitigation Strategies and Terms to Seek in Your Relocation Package

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.Future of Work

In this age of globalization, job opportunities abound as long as you are willing to relocate. Companies are aware that executive skillsets and experiences are often applied in different places and industries. They can be very creative in talent search and acquisition. As a result, you may at times be...

CEO Insider

Duty of “Good Faith and Fair Dealing” Ensures Your Executive Compensation is not Taken Away from You

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.CEO Insider

Have you been cheated out of a benefit you earned on the job? Was your job terminated for no good reason when you were on the eve of making a big score? Do you think you were fired just so the company could keep the money or equity and not...

C-Suite Advisory

Using Career Advancement Covenants to Safeguard Non-Financial Executive Pay

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Advisory

Suppose you have gone as far as you can in your present company and you are on the lookout for a more challenging executive role. An executive job offer came along and you are tempted by the opportunity, but you are in two minds because the salary is not what you...

C-Suite Agenda

Don’t Let Disparagement or Defamation Blackball Your Executive Career Prospects

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Agenda

Generally, executive employment separations negotiations focus on how much severance will be paid. After all, with employment termination, the executive will be between positions. This could be a long time or short time, but that gap in employment can mean economic hardship – so most often times the focus is...

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