About Alessandra

Ali is a trusted advisor to companies, management teams, venture capital, boards of directors, and compensation committees on executive compensation and benefits issues arising in every stage of the corporate life cycle – ranging from emerging growth to blue-chip public. She also counsels companies through transformative events, such as mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs), venture capital and leveraged buyout transactions, spinoffs, restructurings, and other transformative corporate events. With more than two decades of practice experience spanning many industries, her current practice focuses on cutting-edge technology and life sciences companies of all sizes, as well as clients within the private equity and real estate investment trust (REIT) sectors.

Passions

Cardmaking

Travel

Pilates

Golf

I enjoy partnering with clients to find practical and novel solutions to complex compensation-related concerns.

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Admissions and credentials

  • California
  • New York

Rankings and accolades

Chambers USA: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation – California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds (2022 – 2025)

The Legal 500 US: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional (2024 – 2025)

Business Today: Top 10 Influential Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Lawyers in California (2023)

Silicon Valley Business Journal: Women of Influence Award (2016)

Webinar

Comp Talks Series: SEC’s Pay-Versus-Performance Rules – What Now and What’s Next?

The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized the long-pending pay-versus-performance disclosure rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, and as a result, most reporting companies faced significant new disclosure requirements in 2023 proxy statements. 

Listen as Cooley lawyers Amy Wood and Alessandra Murata, with Principal at Compensia Mark Borges, discuss the latest compensation trends and strategies, as well as the challenges that public companies face when balancing legal, tax and disclosure requirements with practical business needs.

She is extremely knowledgeable about her area, and her attention to detail is spot on.

Chambers

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