Jonathan Marks
Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs
Jonathan Marks is a partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP. He concentrates his practice on the design, administration, and tax attributes of all types of executive compensation arrangements, equity compensation plans, and employee benefit plans, as well as on the executive compensation and employee benefits issues arising out of mergers, acquisitions, and public offerings. Mr. Marks has assisted clients in the drafting, design, and administration of all forms of cash and equity compensation arrangements, including annual and multiyear cash bonus arrangements as well as time and performance-vested stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, and partnership equity arrangements. He has significant experience in drafting executive employment agreements, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and supplemental retirement arrangements and has assisted clients with the preparation of proxies and other compensation-related securities filings.He designs plans with optional tax provisions involving 409A, 162(m), and 280G. Additionally, he advises public company clients on ISS, Glass Lewis, and SEC guidance in connection with compensation plans. Mr. Marks was named a Rising Star by Thomson Reuters from 2010 to 2014. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Employee Benefits since 2013 and was named “Lawyer of the Year” in 2020 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law.