Freund, Alex
Alex counsels public and private companies, boards of directors, and executives on all aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits matters.
As an associate in BFKN’s Compensation & Employment Group, Alex focuses his practice on advising public and private companies on a number of executive compensation and employee benefits matters that arise in connection with mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings. Additionally, Alex assists companies in the design and implementation of equity incentive, nonqualified deferred compensation, and tax-qualified retirement plans and both companies and executives in the negotiation of executive employment and separation agreements. He also counsels publicly traded companies on reporting and compliance matters involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with a focus on executive compensation-related proxy, disclosure, and corporate governance issues.
Prior to joining BFKN, Alex was an Executive Compensation associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 2020
- Northwestern University, B.A., History, 2017
Practice Area(s)
- Compensation & Employment
- Financial Institutions
- Financial Services & Fintech
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Real Estate