David Della Rocca is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and is Co-chair of the global Benefits and Compensation Practice Group. He is a member of the Tax Department, focusing on executive compensation and employee benefits matters. Mr. Della Rocca represents public and private clients in the design and drafting of equity-based and other incentive compensation arrangements. In particular, he regularly designs stock option plans, employee stock purchase plans, deferred compensation plans and various other types of incentive compensation plans and arrangements and advises clients with respect to tax, securities and corporate law issues that arise in connection with the establishment and administration of such plans.

Mr. Della Rocca represents numerous clients with respect to benefits issues in corporate mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, initial public offerings and other corporate transactions, and he regularly represents employers and executives in connection with the negotiation of executive employment agreements. Mr. Della Rocca's practice also includes advising companies on matters affecting tax-qualified retirement plans and health and welfare programs.

Mr. Della Rocca is a member of the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation and of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. He has been recognized in the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers list. He is also regularly recognized by The Legal 500 US, and a recent edition specifically listed him as “particularly skilled in the tax aspects of benefits and executive compensation.”