BRIAN VALCARCE
Associate
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Valcarce is an executive compensation and benefits associate of MCLLP. Prior to joining MCLLP, he was an associate in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice group of Proskauer Rose LLP in Chicago and prior to that, he was an associate in the executive compensation and employee benefits practice group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.
Mr. Valcarce regularly advises private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in connection with executive compensation, employee benefits and labor matters in complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions. That experience includes structuring and implementing deferred compensation, equity compensation, bonus compensation and incentive compensation plans and agreements as well as drafting transactional documentation, including employment, consulting, termination, change-in-control, severance and release agreements, as well as identifying issues arising under, and assisting in complying with, the Internal Revenue Code (including Sections 280G and 409A), federal securities laws, applicable exchange regulations and related corporate governance rules.
EDUCATION
Mr. Valcarce earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Utah Valley University, summa cum laude, and a Masters of Accounting degree from the University of Utah. Mr. Valcarce then earned his Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, cum laude.
Mr. Valcarce is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois. He is not licensed in the State of California.