Shawn Chowdhury

Biography

Shawn focuses his practice on working with clients to address HR and tax due diligence issues related to cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, carve-outs, and initial public offerings (IPOs). He reviews compensation and benefits plans to help clients develop compliant plans and minimize tax liabilities and addresses Internal Revenue Code and ERISA issues. Shawn also assists with benchmarking and analyzing equity and base compensation strategies for clients.

Bar Associations

New York City Bar Association, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Committee, Member; New Lawyers Council, Member
New York State Bar Association

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Member

Representative Experience

Helped advise a large multinational health care company on the treatment of a foreign pension plan for key US executives by working with multiple teams across business lines and countries to outline how the plan would be treated in the US under the Internal Revenue Code and the relevant tax treaty.
Contributed to a client moving forward as part of a time-sensitive $1.8 billion transaction by providing support regarding Section 280G golden parachute rules in anticipation of the change in control.
Fueled continuous quality improvement by helping benchmark and vet equity and base compensation strategies for executives and general populations.
Advised clients on a wide range of executive compensation tax matters, including Section 280G golden parachute rules and mitigation strategies, Section 409A non-qualified deferred compensation, Section 402(b) US taxation of foreign pension plans, and Section 132 fringe benefits.
Provided detailed analysis on the income tax characterization of the proceeds of the sale of common and preferred stock in secondary purchases and tender offers for multiple public and private corporations.
Provided proxy support for a large multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate, including a comprehensive review to account for the newly adopted SEC pay versus performance disclosure rules.

Prior Experience

Ernst & Young LLP, Senior
KPMG LLP, Associate
CollabPlug, Associate
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Law Clerk

Overview Experience Knowledge

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, JD, Pittsburgh Tax Review, Associate Editor
St. John's University , MS, Cum Laude
St. John's University , BS, Cum Laude

Employee Benefits

New York
Connecticut

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Appellate Division, Third Department, Denies Appeal and Upholds Office of Renewable Energy Siting Regulations

NYS Public Service Commission Formally Initiates Proceeding to Establish What Constitutes "Zero Emission" Under the CLCPA

NYS Appellate Court Dismisses Common Law Claims Against Contractor for Injuries Sustained by "Special Employee"

Child Victim Act Complaint Dismissed for Failure to Sufficiently Allege Special Duty

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Alerts

US Supreme Court Shrinks Federal Authority Under the Clean Water Act

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Taxing Authorities' Right to Retain Surplus Monies in "Strict Foreclosures"

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Appellate Division, Third Department, Denies Appeal and Upholds Office of Renewable Energy Siting Regulations

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NYS Public Service Commission Formally Initiates Proceeding to Establish What Constitutes "Zero Emission" Under the CLCPA

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NYS Appellate Court Dismisses Common Law Claims Against Contractor for Injuries Sustained by "Special Employee"

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Child Victim Act Complaint Dismissed for Failure to Sufficiently Allege Special Duty