Mid to Senior Level Corporate Associate - Executive Compensation

Fenwick & West; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 310,000 - 390,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life Insurance

Health Savings Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Fenwick & West seeks an Executive Compensation Associate to join our Boston office. The role will handle advisory work on executive compensation in contexts including mergers and acquisitions, public company offerings on both sides, and ongoing reporting obligations for clients.

We value superior academic credentials, strong work ethic, and excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication. Admission to the relevant jurisdiction is required, with potential for training in related

Qualifications

• Experience in executive compensation, corporate, or tax matters is preferred.
• Ideal candidate has ≤7 years of experience unless changing practice groups.
• Firm is willing to train attorneys from other relevant disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Handle executive compensation matters including M&A and public offerings with reporting obligations.
• Provide general advising and counseling to companies at all points in the business life cycle.
• Collaborate with cross‑practice teams such as corporate and tax as needed.

Skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Education

Admission to jurisdiction of application

Job description

We are seeking an Executive Compensation Associate to join our Silicon Valley, New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica, or Boston office. The candidate will work on eclectic executive compensation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public company offerings (company and underwriter side) and reporting obligations, and general advising and counseling of companies at all points in the business life cycle.

The candidate should have any experience in executive compensation, corporate, or tax matters. We are ideally seeking someone with no more than seven (7) years of experience, unless that person would be changing practice groups. While the ideal candidate would have prior work experience in, or tangential to, executive or equity compensation, the group is willing (and has a strong track record) of training attorneys who have worked in other relevant disciplines (e.g., corporate or tax).

The candidate should have superior academic credentials, strong work ethic, excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills a must. Admission in jurisdiction of application is required.

Benefits And Compensation Details

At Fenwick, we believe that our partners and employees are our most important asset. Helping you and your families achieve and maintain good health - physical, emotional, and financial - is the reason we offer a comprehensive benefit program. We provide benefits to eligible employees under plans such as Healthcare, Life Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Wellbeing. Except as otherwise required by law, temporary employees are generally not entitled to these benefits.

The Anticipated Range For This Position Is

$310,000 - $390,000

Depending on the role, the actual base salary offered may depend upon a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

A discretionary bonus for eligible employees may also be available based on performance. Additional information about employee eligibility for benefits and discretionary bonus will be made available upon request.