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For Executives & Senior Professionals
When a senior career reaches a turning point — a negotiated exit, a severance offer, a termination that crossed a legal line — the stakes go well beyond a paycheck. Hugo Gamez represents executives, founders, and senior professionals across California, from Los Angeles and Century City to San Francisco and Silicon Valley, with confidential, video-based consultations statewide.
What's Really on the Table
At the senior level, the most valuable terms are often the ones buried in the fine print — equity, deferred pay, and the language that governs your next move. A careful review before you sign can be worth far more than the first number offered.
Unvested RSUs, stock options, and acceleration on exit. Whether equity is forfeited or preserved often turns on the agreement's wording — and it's frequently negotiable.
Earned bonuses, commissions, carried interest, and deferred compensation you may still be owed — and clawback provisions worth scrutinizing before you agree to them.
Non-solicitation and confidentiality terms, references and mutual non-disparagement, and how your departure is described — the things that shape your next role.
Who Hugo Represents
The same California laws protect employees at every level — but executive matters carry unique complexity, and Hugo handles each one personally and discreetly.
Founders, VPs, and senior engineers and operators whose compensation is heavy in RSUs and options. Protecting equity value on a separation is often the single biggest issue.
Partners and senior professionals dealing with deferred compensation, bonus and carry disputes, clawbacks, and negotiated exits with restrictive covenants.
CEOs, CFOs, and other officers navigating negotiated departures, change-in-control terms, and the reputational and confidentiality concerns that come with a high-profile exit.
How Hugo Helps Executives
Some matters resolve quietly in a stronger negotiated exit; others require litigation. Hugo has litigated executive matters and is prepared for both paths.
A confidential review of your agreement before you sign — what you're being asked to give up, what's still negotiable, and how to protect equity, deferred pay, and your reputation. The release you sign typically ends your leverage, so advice beforehand matters most.
When a termination breaches a contract or California law, the value can far exceed the severance offered. Senior-level terminations often intersect with equity vesting and bonus timing — details that change what a matter is worth.
Executives are not exempt from unlawful treatment. Disability, medical-leave, and accommodation matters call for particular care, and Hugo handles them with the discretion these sensitive situations require.
Senior employees are often the ones who see and report wrongdoing — and who face retaliation for it. California law protects whistleblower disclosures, and employees who are retaliated against for making them have legal recourse.
Pursuing bonuses, commissions, vested equity, and deferred compensation that were earned and never paid.
Discretion by Default
Executive matters are handled with real care for your reputation, your references, and your future opportunities. You work directly with Hugo — not a case manager — and nothing is filed or disclosed without discussing it with you first. Fees are explained up front: some severance reviews and advice can be handled on a flat fee, while negotiation is often hourly or a contingency–hourly hybrid, depending on the agreement reached with the firm.
Confidential Executive Review
Whether you're weighing a separation agreement or believe you were pushed out unlawfully, share what's happening and Hugo will give you a candid, confidential read — usually within one business day.
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Your first consultation is free and confidential. Whether you're an executive weighing an exit package or facing an unlawful termination, Hugo will tell you honestly how he can help.