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John J. Heber

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Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits
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  • Golden Gate University – LL.M. in Taxation

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John Heber is a partner in Manatt’s Tax and Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practices, advising on the tax and economic structuring and due diligence of business transactions, all aspects of executive compensation, employee benefits and other federal, state and local tax matters. John advises domestic and international companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies at the board, board committee and executive officer levels. He also advises publicly-traded companies on SEC reporting of executive and board compensation, and has extensive experience with ERISA and fiduciary compliance. John has significant experience in the design, taxation and accounting of cash-based and equity incentive plans, nonqualified deferred compensation and tax-qualified retirement plans. He regularly advises on trends in compensation practices and tax-efficient pay strategies.

John is an adjunct tax professor in the L.LM. programs at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles and Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

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Admitted to practice in California, Florida, Illinois, and New York

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Author, “Executive Compensation Diagnostic Review,” March 2023

Author, “409A Issues in Executive Compensation Contracts and Employment Agreements,” March 2023

Author, “Pricing Private Company Stock Options to Avoid the Pitfalls of IRC 409A,” March 2023

Author, “Does Your Golden Parachute Have Holes? A Practical Guide to Minimizing 280G Exposure,” March 2023

Featured, “Manatt Adds Back Lewis Brisbois Atty In San Francisco,” Law360, April 18, 2022.

John in the News

  • 09.07.22

    Manatt Represents Francisco Partners in Majority Investment in Kobalt ...

    A Manatt team led by Entertainment Leader Jordan Bromley and Partner Beau Stapleton advised Francisco Partners Management, a U.S.-headquartered ...

  • 08.19.22

    Manatt Represents Game Production Company Dark Burn Creative in ...

    A Manatt team represented Dark Burn Creative, a premier video production company that crafts triple-A game trailers, in its acquisition by Trailer ...

  • 04.18.22

    Manatt Welcomes Back Noted Tax and Employee Benefits Attorney in San ...

    John Heber rejoins Manatt, bringing unparalleled experience advising on the tax structuring of business transactions, executive compensation, ...

  • 04.18.22

    Heber’s Return to Manatt Featured in Multiple Publications

    John Heber’s return to Manatt’s San Francisco office was featured in Law360, Bloomberg Law and the San Francisco Business Times.



John's Articles

  • 04.04.23

    Determining Market Competitive Executive Compensation

    Identifying and understanding market competitive pay practices, i.e., the executive compensation offered by your industry competitors, is critical ...



  • 03.30.23

    Executive Compensation Diagnostic Review

    Competitive compensation packages are critical to attracting and retaining top-level executive teams that will move companies forward. Your duty is ...



  • 03.20.23

    409A Issues in Executive Compensation Contracts and Employment ...

    Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (409A), was enacted into law in 2004 to impose statutory requirements on ...



  • 03.16.23

    Pricing Private Company Stock Options to Avoid the Pitfalls of IRC ...

    The enactment of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A has resulted in significant challenges for private companies that award employee stock options. ...



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John's Newsletters

  • 06.06.23

    The Employee Retention Credit: Reduce Employer Payroll Taxes and ...

    Added to federal tax law by the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and further expanded in 2021, the Employee Retention Credit ...

  • 03.09.23

    SEC New Pay Versus Performance Disclosures – They Are Here!

    On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules implementing the pay versus performance disclosure required by Section ...

  • 02.14.11

    Incentive-Based Compensation for the New Banking Environment

    With considerable fanfare, the FDIC has passed and then quickly announced its proposed rules implementing Section 936 of the Dodd-Frank ...

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