Shane Tucker is a partner in the Dallas, TX offices of the global law firm Vinson & Elkins, LLP. While Mr. Tucker's varied practice takes in the comprehensive scope of matters involving  employee benefits that includes qualified retirement plans and welfare plans, a significant portion of his practice is devoted to the design of deferred compensation arrangements and equity-based compensation arrangements, and he has counseled both employers and executives in various executive compensation matters.

Mr. Tucker's service to these clients includes advice in tax matters associated with deferred compensation arrangements, including performance-based compensation issues, transactions involving golden parachute payments, deferred compensation plan design, and matters involving transfers of property for services. His experience extends also to executive compensation and employee benefit issues associated with corporate mergers and acquisitions and other business combinations, restructurings, and initial public offerings. He also counsels clients with regard to proxy statement disclosure and shareholder appraisal issues involving equity compensation arrangements and compensatory arrangements for executive officers and directors.

Mr. Tucker received his Juris Doctor from the University of Notre Dame Law School, magna cum laude, in 1999. He was a member of the Notre Dame Law Review. He is admitted to practice in Texas, and is a member of the Employee Benefits Section of the Dallas Bar Association.