Executive Compensation Associate

Sterlington•Miami, FL

7d•Remote

About The Position

Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. The firm emphasizes both the economic and legal aspects of its cases, positioning itself as a premier firm for founders, senior executives, UHNWIs, and their related businesses. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with leading Executive Compensation partners on sophisticated, transaction-driven compensation work. The position is within a lean, agile platform providing greater autonomy and flexibility than traditional large law firms. The Associate will play a key role in advising on executive compensation and employee benefits issues critical to complex corporate transactions and sensitive executive matters, offering high visibility with direct partner interaction and client exposure.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

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, and 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