Overview
John J. Heber is a business transactional tax attorney with over 30 years of experience working with domestic and international companies of all shapes and sizes, from start-ups to the Fortune 50. He also focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits practice, providing insightful guidance on trending issues and pending legislation.
As a well-rounded business and tax attorney, John provides clients with fully informed advice that considers not only the business purpose and economics of a particular transaction, but also the complex tax, executive compensation and employee benefits issues that often complicate M&A and IPO transactions. He has extensive experience working with boards of directors of privately held and publicly traded domestic and international companies and the portfolio companies of private equity firms.
John also provides ongoing advice and counsel on choice of entity, tax structuring to maximize tax efficiency and in the context of business transactions, as well as the design and implementation of annual incentive programs, non-qualified deferred compensation, executive contracts, tax-efficient pay strategies, board compensation and governance, and domestic and cross-border equity compensation plans. In this role, he addresses not only the important economic and business issues, but also tax and ERISA compliance, financial accounting and SEC reporting. John has written and spoken extensively on these topics.
John currently serves as the outside general counsel of a large organization and handles all of its legal affairs, including litigation, corporate governance and non-profit tax compliance.
Clients appreciate John’s rare ability to break down highly complex tax and benefit issues into clear, understandable concepts that make decision-making easy for them.