The Pay & Proxy Podcast: Navigating Compensation Challenges During Uncertain Times (6/25)

 

Michael Bergmann and Alessandra Murata are partners in the Compensation & Benefits practice group at Cooley where they advise clients on executive compensation and benefits issues arising in every stage of the corporate life cycle.

Topics covered:

1. Why 2025 program design and target setting generally did not factor in tariff impacts
2. How companies are using their equity programs and managing dilution in 2025
3. 409A traps for the unwary
4. Considerations for 2025 payouts, particularly when discretionary adjustments are being considered
5. "Options" for dealing with underwater options

This podcast was recorded on June 25, 2025.

See also this Cooley alert on Compensation Arrangement Considerations in Light of 2025 Tariffs.

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The views set forth in the podcast are the speakers' personal views and do not necessarily reflect those of their firm, company, institution, other organizations or any of the clients with which they are associated.