Dan Stellenberg is a partner in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings, focusing on executive compensation and employee benefits. Mr. Stellenberg’s practice encompasses four broad areas: (i) support of the firm’s overall transaction practices, including Private Equity, M&A, Capital Markets, and Corporate Restructurings, (ii) employment restructurings, (iii) outside compensation/benefits counsel, and (iv) representations of individual executives and management teams. More specifically, Mr. Stellenberg’s practice focuses on transactional employment matters, including advising on tax, accounting, employment and securities law issues in connection with executive employment and separation agreements, equity compensation arrangements, and bonus plans.

Mr. Stellenberg’s experience also encompasses employee integration and retention, due diligence, golden parachute analysis, deferred compensation issues, and public company disclosure guidance. Mr. Stellenberg regularly advises public companies, their boards and their compensation committees, private-equity firms and their portfolio companies, and private companies ranging in size from single-person start-ups to large “unicorn” companies.

Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Stellenberg practiced at three other Am Law 100 firms. His previous experience also includes working at a compensation consulting firm, where he provided independent advice to technology companies’ boards of directors and compensation committees. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Stellenberg worked as a software engineer at a semiconductor company, and he holds four United States patents relating to software modeling of semiconductor devices.

• The Legal 500, Labor & Employment - Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactions (2021)
• Chambers USA, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (2021)
• Recognized by Chambers USA 2023, 2022, and 2021

• Santa Clara University, School of Law, J.D., 2001 
• Santa Clara University, M.S., 1997 
• Carnegie Mellon University, B.S., 1994