Ellen N. Sueda
Partner
Ellen Sueda, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, brings more than 25 years of experience to her clients, advising on executive and equity compensation matters, including corporate governance, along with tax and securities law compliance.
Ellen’s practice focuses on executive compensation matters as they arise in the context of mergers, acquisitions and other transactions, as well as ongoing advisory and counseling work. She represents public and private companies on their non-qualified deferred compensation plans, incentive plans, including equity and cash incentive plans, change-in-control plans and executive employment, retention and severance agreements. She frequently publishes and presents on subjects related to executive and equity compensation. She is an appointed member of the ALI-CLE Employee Benefits Advisory Panel.
Presentations
- Panelist, “Director Compensation Roundtable,” Annual Proxy Disclosure Conference (September 2020)
Education
- LLM, University of Florida, Levin College of Law, 1997
- JD, The Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, 1996
- BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1988
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- California, 1997
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court
Awards
- Legal 500 (2023)