
Juan S. Sanchez
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Investment Management & Transactional Tax
- Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits
- International Tax
- Tax
- Investment Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Capital
- Advises investment managers, private equity sponsors and executives on a broad range of U.S. tax and executive compensation matters, with particular emphasis on investment funds and private equity transactions.
- Extensive experience structuring upper-tier carried interest and profit participation arrangements for investment management platforms.
- Regularly advises on executive compensation and employee benefits matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions, including transaction-related incentive design and retention arrangements.
- Advises international clients on U.S. tax considerations applicable to cross-border operations, investments and management teams.
Juan works closely with investment managers, including private equity and other alternative asset managers, as well as senior executives across public and private companies, on all aspects of executive compensation and benefits. He regularly assists clients in the design, implementation and administration of equity and equity-based compensation programs for employees, partners and management teams.
Juan also counsels clients on the U.S. tax considerations applicable to cross-border investments, management incentive structures and M&A transactions, including the application of key federal income and employment tax regimes such as Sections 409A and 280G of the Internal Revenue Code.
Prior to joining Akin, Juan practiced as a tax and executive compensation associate at another firm. He holds a Tax LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law.
Education
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LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
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J.D., Emory University School of Law
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B.Ec., Florida International University
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LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
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J.D., Emory University School of Law
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B.Ec., Florida International University
Bar AdmissionsMassachusetts
Massachusetts
