Executive Compensation Associate

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.