Advises clients on compensation and benefit issues
Specializes in executive compensation across a company’s lifecycle
Expert in KEIPs and KERPs
Dallas
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Ryan Wells is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC in Dallas. He advises clients on compensation and benefit issues, specializing in executive compensation.
Mr. Wells designs compensation programs for each phase of a company’s lifecycle, including initial public offerings, steady-state, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. He assists with review, design, benchmarking, and implementation of both non-equity and equity-based compensation programs, performing market analyses to align compensation with a company’s business strategies and evaluating the tax and accounting ramifications of compensation.
Mr. Wells also helps companies tackle issues related to effectively and efficiently paying and incentivizing their employee. He focuses on key employee incentive programs (KEIPs), key employee retention programs (KERPs), and emergence grants.
Mr. Wells received a BBA and a master’s degree in professional accounting from The University of Texas at Austin. He a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas.
IRC Section 162(m) limits publicly held corporations to deducting no more than $1 million in compensation per taxable year for certain covered employees. How can corporations manage the multiple categories of covered employees under these new regulations?
Executive compensation is steadily increasing at an average rate of 8% to10%, driven by incentive-based awards that closely align executives with shareholder interests.
In the realm of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), executive compensation—especially "golden parachutes"—plays a pivotal role in ensuring that executives can focus on the company's best interests without concerns about their personal financial security.
When navigating a restructuring, companies face the substantial hurdle of being able to offer competitive wages to fundamental talent. However, retention and incentive programs can be one of the most powerful tools to facilitate a successful restructuring.
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