Ryan Rivera

Executive Compensation Attorney

Role
Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Location
Brooklyn, NY, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Ryan Rivera

Compensation and benefits professional with extensive experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, other strategic investment firms and other public and private companies on executive compensation and employee benefits matters within mergers and acquisitions, financings and other complex transactions, as well as general corporate matters.I regularly work with clients on structuring and implementing deferred, equity, bonus and incentive compensation plans and agreements, as well as advising on a full suite of transactional documentation, including employment, consulting, termination, change-in-control, severance and release agreements, with a focus on compliance with and issues arising under the Internal Revenue Code, including Sections 280G and 409A, federal securities laws, exchange regulations and related corporate governance rules.

Experience

  1. Associate

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    Jul 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

  • Bethpage High School

    High School

    2007 — 2011

  • New York University

    Master of Laws - LLM, Tax Law/Taxation

    2018 — 2019

  • Cardozo School of Law

    Juris Doctor (J.D.)

    2015 — 2018

  • Auburn University

    Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor of Arts in History with a Minor in Economics

    2011 — 2015

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