Chief Executive Network 2026 Leadership Conference

Partners Austin Lilling, Patrick Rehfield, and David Zelikoff will lead the peer roundtable, Aligning Management to Drive Company Equity Value: What Your Agreements Say—and What They Should Say, at Chief Executive Network’s 2026 Leadership Conference.

During the interactive discussion, Austin, Patrick, and David will address key considerations for CEOs and senior executives who are navigating employment agreements, equity plans, incentive arrangements, restrictive covenants, and related tax considerations before, during, and after a transaction.

The roundtable will examine where management and buyer interests align and diverge; potential issues involving employment agreements, restrictive covenants, and change-in-control provisions; whether performance-vesting provisions, multiple on invested capital, and other return metrics translate into realized value; and steps that executives can take to better understand their agreements, protect their interests, and align their compensation arrangements with the company’s value-creation strategy before signing.

The roundtable is on November 5, 2026.