WSGR logoWSGR logo
Sriram Krishnamurthy
Partner
Employee Benefits and Compensation
New York

D212-497-7721

Download vCard
Open PDF
  • Broad and Extensive Practice

    Sriram represents private and public high-tech and growth companies in executive compensation and employee benefits matters, with an emphasis on late-stage private companies, M&A, and capital markets transactions.

Sriram Krishnamurthy is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and the leader of the firm's employee benefits and compensation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of private and public high-technology and growth companies in regard to executive compensation and employee benefits matters, with a particular emphasis on private company secondary liquidity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.

 

Sriram advises clients on the design, drafting, and administration of equity-based compensation programs (including stock option, restricted stock unit, and other equity arrangements) and employment, consulting, retention, severance, change-in-control, and deferred compensation arrangements, as well as the associated tax (including Section 409A), accounting, and securities law implications of such programs. He also regularly assists public and private companies with corporate governance and compliance matters, including compensation disclosures for proxy filings and other applicable securities filings, employee communications, and public announcements.

 

As an active member of the firm's transactional practice, Sriram has played a key role in many corporate transactions during the last several years, representing buyers and sellers in connection with employee benefits and compensation-related aspects, including pre-signing negotiations, executive and equity compensation (including Section 280G—the golden parachute rules), and post-closing employee integration issues. In addition, Sriram has significant experience with public offerings, having advised over a dozen issuers.

Recognized by Chambers USA as an esteemed practitioner specializing in executive compensation matters, Sriram is the “’go-to’ for discussing practical solution to complete tax and securities law issues.

 

Prior to attending law school, Sriram was an assurance and business advisory services associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Experience

Sriram Krishnamurthy is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and the leader of the firm's employee benefits and compensation practice. His practice focuses on the representation of private and public high-technology and growth companies in regard to executive compensation and employee benefits matters, with a particular emphasis on private company secondary liquidity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.

 

Sriram advises clients on the design, drafting, and administration of equity-based compensation programs (including stock option, restricted stock unit, and other equity arrangements) and employment, consulting, retention, severance, change-in-control, and deferred compensation arrangements, as well as the associated tax (including Section 409A), accounting, and securities law implications of such programs. He also regularly assists public and private companies with corporate governance and compliance matters, including compensation disclosures for proxy filings and other applicable securities filings, employee communications, and public announcements.

 

As an active member of the firm's transactional practice, Sriram has played a key role in many corporate transactions during the last several years, representing buyers and sellers in connection with employee benefits and compensation-related aspects, including pre-signing negotiations, executive and equity compensation (including Section 280G—the golden parachute rules), and post-closing employee integration issues. In addition, Sriram has significant experience with public offerings, having advised over a dozen issuers.

Recognized by Chambers USA as an esteemed practitioner specializing in executive compensation matters, Sriram is the “’go-to’ for discussing practical solution to complete tax and securities law issues.

 

Prior to attending law school, Sriram was an assurance and business advisory services associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Focus Areas
Recent Insights
Client Highlights
Wilson Sonsini Advises IonQ on Acquisition of Qubitekk
On November 6, 2024, IonQ, a leader in quantum computing, announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of Qubitekk, a quantum networking company. As part of the transaction, the Qubitekk team will join IonQ and the acquisition is expected to complete within the next six months, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised IonQ on the transaction.
Learn More
Client Highlights
Wilson Sonsini Advises Socure on $136 Million Acquisition of Effectiv
On October 24, 2024, Socure, the leading provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Effectiv, a real-time risk decisioning company, for $136 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Socure on the transaction.

The strategic acquisition pairs Socure’s best-in-class digital identity verification and fraud solutions with a developer-friendly AI orchestration and decisions platform. With this acquisition, Socure—which serves more than 2,700 customers and has verified more than 2.26 billion identities over the past 12 months—further solidifies its leadership position in the identity verification and fraud prevention market, and is propelled into the $200 billion enterprise fraud industry, which additionally encompasses payments fraud, credit underwriting, and AML transaction monitoring. The transaction is expected to close in November.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Socure on the transaction includes:
Learn More
View All
Recent Events
Affiliated Programs
The L Suite 2024 Growth Summit
We are excited to partner with the L Suite and connect with a fantastic group of GCs at the upcoming Growth Summit. This event will examine the evolving role of General Counsels as they navigate growing demands to steer both legal and business strategies.
Learn More
WSGR logo
Copyright © 2024 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. All Rights Reserved.