Family
Aug. 20, 2018
How to handle restricted stock units with a marriage is ending
Consider a common dilemma arising in divorce cases, particularly in places like Silicon Valley or Silicon Beach that are laden with young startup companies.





Jeffrey P. Blum
Law Office of Jeffrey P. BlumEmail: Blumesq@aol.com
Jeffrey is a mediator and family law attorney in Los Altos.
Here is a common dilemma arising in divorce cases, particularly in places like Silicon Valley or Silicon Beach that are laden with young startup companies:
As an incentive to attract talented employees, a startup offers restricted stock units. The company wants to restrict transfers of the units by its employees to give the company the ability to buy the units before it goes public. This allows the company, not the employee, the oppo...
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