Schaffer to Present on Liquidity Options for Business Owners

Atlanta Partner Steve Schaffer will present June 16 on a webinar that examines how the economic downturn has altered liquidity options for business owners. Panelists will discuss liquidity options, including non-control equity and debt capital, non-control and control private equity, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

Schaffer’s practice at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner principally involves transactions involving employee stock ownership plans, including representation of companies, lenders, trustees, sellers and valuation firms in connection with those transactions.  His practice also involves the design of employee stock ownership, pension, profit sharing and employee benefit plans, as well as the legal aspects of plan administration. He has extensive experience in plan audits and Department of Labor investigations, including problem resolution through various governmental voluntary compliance programs.  Schaffer also is heavily involved in negotiating employment arrangements and equity incentives for executives, both on behalf of employers and executives. He has represented both companies and executive groups with respect to employee benefit and executive compensation issues in mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. Other areas of concentration include tax planning and corporate transactions. Schaffer is a frequent speaker on ESOPs, employee benefits and executive compensation topics.

This webinar is organized by the Electrical Apparatus Services Association (EASA) and advisory firm England & Company. EASA is an international trade organization of more than 1,800 electromechanical sales and service firms in nearly 70 countries.