My husband and I are getting a legal separation (very similar to divorce in most regards), and we live in a community property state. Most of our assets have been easy and straightforward to divide. However, my husband currently works for a privately held tech company. It's a pretty well known company, and was valued as a “mega unicorn” or whatever for some time, though the valuation has dropped somewhat with recent economic changes. At one point, there was talk of a big tech company potentially acquiring them for like $10 billion, but that didn't happen. No idea if an IPO will happen or not.
We're going through mediation to divide assets, so we do not currently have our own lawyers. Our mediator is a lawyer, and wrote up a plan for division for the RSUs. It's pretty complicated, and my husband said he'd rather negotiate I take something else in place of the RSU shares I would be entitled to. He says that otherwise we would probably both want to hire lawyers to look over the RSU division plan, which could end up costing more than it's worth.
Here's my dilemma – how am I supposed to know what's a fair trade for these RSUs? The RSUs could end up being worth nothing (the grant expires in 2029), or could end up being worth well into the hundred thousand dollar range. Any advice for figuring that out? Should I really just be consulting my own financial advisor and/or lawyer at this point?
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