Craig P. Tanner Palo Alto/ San Francisco Associate, White & Case LLP Practice Experience Craig P. Tanner's practice is focused on the representation of clients in: (i) global compensation programs; (ii) employment matters; (iii) workplace and employee privacy; (iv) cross-border financial products; and (v) cross-border investment advisor services. Mr. Tanner's practice features advising non-U.S. companies regarding equity-based compensation plans in the United States. He has advised on U.S. and international stock compensation, executive compensation and employee benefit issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, loans, reorganizations and other business transactions. He has represented clients in global and U.S. employment law, personal data privacy and workplace privacy matters. Mr. Tanner has also advised numerous employers on the nuances of local laws concerning privacy matters and drafting document, personal information and workplace privacy policies. With regard to global compensation programs, Mr. Tanner advises clients on the U.S. and international tax, social insurance, securities, currency exchange, employment, data privacy and communications aspects. In this practice area, he has worked with numerous multinational companies on the design, offering and project management of global base salary and bonus programs, as well as equity-based compensation programs such as stock options, stock purchases, restricted stock, phantom stock and stock appreciation rights. Mr. Tanner also has experience in helping clients evaluate the risks associated with any prior noncompliance, making suggestions for and implementation of remedial measures. Evaluating country-specific protections for part-time employees and contingent workers as well as statutory procedures for terminating employees under a spot layoff or a large-scale reduction in force. Mr. Tanner also has experience in helping clients create, and counsel them on the structure of, employee benefit plans of all types with a view to ensuring compliance with legal requirements (including ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and, where applicable, securities law) and positioning the sponsor for maximum flexibility and tax-favored benefits to employees at the least after-tax cost to the plan sponsor. During the past several years, Mr. Tanner has advised clients on various types of transactions, including: implementing non-U.S. global employee stock plan equivalents; implementing global repricing and exchange programs for underwater options; advising companies regarding the spin-off of divisions; advising non-U.S. companies on offering compensation plans in the United States; Workshop : Restricted Stock and Other Equity Alternatives