Regina Olshan, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Regina Olshan is the global head of Skadden’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Group. Her practice focuses on advising companies, executives and boards on navigating the regulatory complexities of executive compensation and benefits. This includes tax laws (including laws governing deferred compensation, golden parachute arrangements and deduction limitation rules) and securities laws (including reporting and disclosure requirements and registration issues).

In addition, Ms. Olshan regularly advises public companies, boards, private equity clients and members of management on executive compensation and benefits issues arising in the context of mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, initial public offerings, restructurings and other extraordinary corporate events, including private equity and leveraged buyout transactions. She also regularly advises large public companies and individual senior executives on the adoption, revision, and negotiation of executive employment and severance agreements.

Ms. Olshan is the author and editor of the Section 409A Handbook. She speaks and writes frequently on executive compensation issues, and has been quoted in various major publications on significant executive compensation issues of the day. Ms. Olshan was ranked in Band 1 in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for New York employee benefits and executive compensation. She also is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and The Legal 500 U.S.

Ms. Olshan earned a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Harvard University. She is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut.

Eric S. Waxman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Eric Waxman has a broad commercial litigation practice, representing clients in both federal and state courts, with a particular emphasis on securities litigation, director misconduct and related claims. He has represented clients in matters involving both federal and state securities laws, duties of corporate directors, SEC and stock exchange inquiries and investigations, civil RICO and contests for corporate control. He also has represented corporations in litigation relating to stock options backdating as well as excessive compensation claims. Mr. Waxman frequently represents directors serving on special committees and regularly litigates cases challenging proxy disclosures.

Mr. Waxman has represented clients in large class and derivative actions and in claims involving partnership disputes, false advertising and unfair business practices, trademark infringement, wrongful termination, breach of loan commitments and lender liability, and various other contract and tort claims. He has lectured and published in the areas of corporate governance, securities litigation and derivative actions. He was the co-chair of the CLE International Corporate Governance Program, for which he has written an article entitled “Standards of Liability for Directors in Special Circumstances.”

Mr. Waxman has published articles on topics related to securities class actions and derivative claims. He has been recognized as a “leading lawyer” by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Waxman earned a J.D. from the University of California--Davis Law School and a B.A. from the University of California--Los Angeles. He is admitted to practice in California.

Joseph M. Yaffe, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
As head of Skadden’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Group on the west coast, Joseph Yaffe handles tax and securities law matters arising in equity compensation arrangements and employee benefits issues in corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions. His experience includes representing companies from the biotechnology, entertainment, Internet, medical supply, retail and software industries. He also counsels senior executives at companies throughout the country in connection with executive compensation matters.

Mr. Yaffe advises on tax-qualified plan issues, including issues relating to 401(k) and 403(b) plans. In addition, he represents clients in negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor regarding compliance issues under the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA. He frequently lectures on tax, benefits and compensation matters, including equity compensation issues for emerging growth companies and tax-qualified plan issues.

Mr. Yaffe is ranked by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Legal 500: U.S. Guide as one of the country’s leading benefits and compensation attorneys. Before joining Skadden in September 2009, he was a partner at another global law firm, where he served as chairman of the tax department for the firm’s Silicon Valley office.

Mr. Yaffe earned a J.D. from the University of California--Davis Law School and an A.B. from Columbia University. He is admitted to practice in California.