Job Description
Location:
USA.
Contract:
Full-time.
Practice Group:
Executive Compensation
Our Firm:
Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters.
Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses.
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The Opportunity
You will work directly with two market-leading Executive Compensation partners, formerly of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, on sophisticated, transaction-driven compensation work typically seen at the top of the market; within a lean, agile platform that offers significantly more autonomy and flexibility than traditional BigLaw structures.
You will play a key role in advising on executive compensation and employee benefits issues that are central to complex corporate transactions and sensitive executive matters. This is a high-visibility role with direct partner interaction and meaningful client exposure.
What You'll Do:
Advising on executive compensation and employee benefits issues in connection with M&A, private equity transactions, IPOs, joint ventures, and restructurings
Counseling founders, CEOs, senior executives, and boards on:
Executive employment and retention agreements
Equity incentive and carried interest structures
Deferred compensation and incentive arrangements
Change-in-control and termination protections
Performance-based compensation design
Providing strategic guidance on tax and ERISA considerations, including equity compensation and nonqualified deferred compensation programs
Supporting compensation aspects of complex and often confidential corporate events
Why This Role Is Different
Direct access to senior partners with elite big-firm pedigrees
High-end, transaction-driven work without traditional BigLaw layers
Greater responsibility and client exposure earlier
Remote flexibility with a sophisticated national client base
Opportunity to build a true specialty practice in executive compensation
What We're Looking For
:
4–8 years
of executive compensation and employee benefits experience
Experience at an
Am Law 50
or comparably sophisticated practice preferred
Strong experience in transaction-related compensation matters
Excellent technical skills in tax and ERISA aspects of executive compensation
Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, high-level advisory environment
Benefits:
Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in our Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans, as well as our 401(k)-retirement program.
Sterlington uses E-Verify to confirm employees’ work authorization.
At Sterlington, we believe that world-class talent has no boundaries. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where unique perspectives are valued and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Remote work