Senior Executive Compensation Associate

Sterlington; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

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Job summary

Sterlington PLLC, a full‑service law firm, seeks an experienced executive compensation attorney to join our Executive Compensation practice. You will work directly with two market‑leading partners on sophisticated, transaction‑driven compensation matters in a lean, autonomous platform that values flexibility.

This role offers high visibility, direct client exposure, and the opportunity to build a specialty practice with remote flexibility and a national client base.

Qualifications

• 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
• 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

Job description

Sterlington PLLC, a full‑service law firm, seeks an experienced executive compensation attorney to join our Executive Compensation practice. You will work directly with two market‑leading partners on sophisticated, transaction‑driven compensation matters in a lean, autonomous platform that values flexibility.

This role offers high visibility, direct client exposure, and the opportunity to build a specialty practice with remote flexibility and a national client base.