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

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...

CEO Insider

Don’t Let Misalignment in Executive Compensation Create Your Own “Black Sox Scandal”

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.CEO Insider

In many companies, executive compensation is determined or negotiated according to an established compensation structure that is derived from their talent acquisition and retention strategy which in turn is driven by their business goals. Typically, a company would identify key growth indicators and ensure that each key executive’s incentives are...

CEO Insider

Negotiating a Custom CEO or C-level Executive Compensation Package

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.CEO Insider

I am often asked - what starting salary, what bonus, what equity amount should I seek in my CEO or C-level executive compensation package? There are companies that do executive compensation surveys and recruiters often have access to those statistics. But what if you are in a custom situation or...

C-Suite Advisory

Working Remotely as a C-level Executive – Opportunities and Considerations

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Advisory

Over the past decade, more and more business has been conducted remotely and that trend has only increased with the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. While the pandemic has done much harm to many businesses and the careers of CEOs and C-level executives in those businesses, it has also given rise to...

C-Suite Agenda

Achieving Zero Taxation on Sale of Your Startup Equity

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.C-Suite Agenda

Are you a founder, a C-level or senior executive recruit, or angel investor of a startup life sciences company, a startup tech company, or a startup e-commerce or other high growth company? If so, did you know that if your startup is properly structured and you hold onto your stock...

Executive Insider

Triggering Executive Severance to Protect Your Interests in Case of COVID-19 or other Changed Circumstances

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.Executive Insider

We are in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime kind of crisis that is unexpected and unprecedented. So many businesses that had been thriving in a robust economy as recently as January and February 2020, were shut down almost on a moment’s notice and remained so for months until the states...

CEO Insider

Has a New Employer Withdrawn Your Executive Job Offer? How “Promissory Estoppel” might give you a legal remedy

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.CEO Insider

As a successful C-level or other senior executive, you may be lured by executive recruiters or otherwise by other companies seeking your talent, contacts and experience. Suppose one of those opportunities truly excites you. You agree to terms, it feels like a good fit, you accept the executive job offer,...

Executive Insider

Executive Employment Agreement – An Overview for the Newly-Minted CEO or C-Suite Executive

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.Executive Insider

At some point in your career, as you become more experienced, successful or otherwise in demand, you may be presented with the opportunity to become a CEO, C-level or other senior executives. Whether the job offer is within your own company, or from another company, your employer may want you...

Executive Insider

Executive Equity Compensation in Severance Negotiations

Robert A. Adelson, Esq.Executive Insider

As a CEO, C-level or other senior executive, the most valuable part of your executive compensation package can often be the equity position that you acquire in connection with your employment. If you have a well-designed executive employment agreement in place, your equity compensation would be structured for maximum gain...

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