I'd get the salary etc sorted, then negotiate the secondary benefits: I'd bring up a sign-up bonus (and golden parachute) then. As compensation for the risk, an

I'd get the salary etc sorted, then negotiate the secondary benefits: I'd bring up a sign-up bonus (and golden parachute) then. As compensation for the risk, and the rights that you've built up with your current employers. At C levels I'd expect someone to bring it up in negotiations.