When does title to goods transfer from a contractor to an employer? This can be a critical issue, especially when a party to a project has become insolvent. A recent English case considered this issue ...

Scott Kupor, COO and a managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, recently published an article on Fortune.com (titled “Your next business partner should come with a prenup”) in which he reviews several ...

Founder share vesting means that a founder may keep a certain percentage or all of their stocks or shares only after leaving the company post a specified period or event. A one-year cliff is generally ...

We recently invested in a team of co-founders who had voluntarily made their own vesting longer than four years. Four-year vesting is the industry standard. Why would someone voluntarily make it ...

Data-based benchmarks for private equity sponsors seeking to establish effective incentive equity plans. Vesting terms for incentive equity arrangements of private equity (PE) backed portfolio ...

Employer retirement plan contributions aren’t necessarily yours to keep Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The ...

When structuring an employee stock option or retirement plan, a small business owner must decide how the plan's vesting system will operate. Vesting rules determine how employees gain property rights ...

In employer-sponsored 401(k) plans vesting refers to the amount of contributions made by the employer that the employee is entitled to. A vesting schedule shows when contributions made by the employer ...