Executive Compensation and Benefits Associate

Atticus Recruiting Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent Chicago business law firm is seeking a mid-level employment law associate for its Compensation and Employment Practice Group. The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 years of experience in executive compensation and benefits law. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with sophisticated national and international clients alongside exceptional attorneys. Excellent academic credentials from a top 25 law school are required.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in executive compensation and benefits law.
• Understanding of cash and equity-based incentive plans.
• Experience with insider trading issues and Section 409A regulations.

Responsibilities

• Join the Compensation and Employment Practice Group.
• Collaborate with attorneys on sophisticated public and private client cases.

Skills

Executive compensation experience

Benefits planning

Confidentiality experience

Non-competition agreements

Education

Excellent academic credentials from a top 25 law school

Job description

Overview

Our client, a highly-regarded, Chicago business law firm, seeks a mid-level employment law associate to join its Compensation and Employment Practice Group.

Requirements

• Excellent academic credentials from a top 25 law school.
• 3 to 5 years of executive compensation and benefits experience including: cash and equity based incentive plans, employee stock purchase plans, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, change-in-control and severance agreements, insider trading issues and Code Section 409A and TARP executive compensation restrictions. Confidentiality and non-competition experience preferred.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for sophisticated public and private national and international clients in collaboration with exceptional attorneys at a firm that perennially ranks among the top business law firms in Chicago.

Location: Chicago

Employment Type: Law Firm

Experience: Mid-level Attorney

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