Nida Javaid Counsel

Nida Javaid serves as a trusted advisor to public and private companies, private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on the full spectrum of executive compensation and employee benefits matters. She focuses on practical, forward-looking strategies to design, implement, and administer compensation and benefit programs and to navigate complex regulatory and tax considerations in the ordinary course and in transformative transactions.

Nida counsels clients on equity and equity-like incentives, management equity programs, profits interests, annual and long-term cash bonus and commission plans, retention and change-in-control arrangements and nonqualified deferred compensation, with an emphasis on Code Section 409A compliance issues. She advises portfolio managers and executive leadership teams on the design and implementation of management incentive programs and executive employment arrangements, and related tax, legal and governance considerations. Nida also works closely with the boards of directors and compensation committees of publicly traded companies to assist with the drafting and preparation of executive and director compensation disclosures for annual proxy statements and other SEC filings related to executive and equity compensation matters.

In the context of corporate transactions, Nida works closely with deal teams across the investment lifecycle, including platform investments, add-on acquisitions, exits, large strategic combinations, take-private transactions and public offerings. She leads compensation and benefits workstreams involving due diligence, negotiation of transaction documents, risk assessment and mitigation, Code Section 280G analysis and related disclosures, consents and waivers and post-closing benefits and equity integration tailored to the long-term strategic compensation and retention planning needs of clients.

Nida’s experience also includes advisory and counseling on the design, implementation and administration of traditional qualified retirement plan matters, from drafting plan documents and participant communications to conducting internal compliance reviews and audits of pension and 401(k) plans, including post-acquisition harmonization of large-scale benefit plan mergers. In addition, she has worked with client teams to develop corporate, plan governance and fiduciary compliance strategies, including the preparation of retirement plan investment policies as well as benefit plan and investment committee charters.