Eric Eubanks is a partner at Faber Eubanks LLC. As an experienced employment and executive compensation attorney, Eric regularly advises executives, management and employees in the negotiation of their employment, consulting or separation agreements which often involve complex forms of equity compensation, bonuses, performance incentives (for example, carried/profits interests), deferred compensation as well as restrictive covenants (non-competition and non-solicitation).
Eric also represents management teams, employees, founders and partners in employment related agreements during a purchase/sale, merger and acquisition (change in control) and other corporate transactions.
Often a client’s specific industry has unique qualities which dictates the form of compensation they may receive. Eric’s recent clients have worked in the financial services industry (hedge funds, investment banks, private equity etc..), technology, media, entertainment, fashion, sports, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, automotive, advertising, publishing and many others.
In addition, Eric has extensive employment litigation experience representing clients in State and Federal Court as well as arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS and FINRA. Recent litigation matters have included employment compensation disputes/breach of contract claims, bonus claims, “Cause” termination issues, partnership disputes and issues arising from restrictive covenants (non-competition and non-solicitation).
Mr. Eubanks was named by Super Lawyers Magazine to its 2014 New York Metro Rising Star list, an honor reserved for no more than two and one-half percent of the lawyers in the New York Metro area.
Prior to joining Faber Eubanks LLC, Mr. Eubanks was a senior associate attorney at a New York law firm specializing in complex contract, shareholder and partnership matters.
While in Law School, Mr. Eubanks was an intern for the Honorable Prudence Carter Beatty, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.