Mr. Ertel, 29, is an associate specializing in employee benefits and executive compensation at the New York law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Yet being more explicit about harassment in the agreement, and not just in the company policy, could send a signal to executives and investors, said John Utz, a lawyer based in Overland Park, Kan., who focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits law.
Yet being more explicit about harassment in the agreement, and not just in the company policy, could send a signal to executives and investors, said John Utz, a lawyer in Overland Park, Kan., who focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits law.
She came to Treasury after retiring as a partner at the New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where she had specialized in tax law and executive compensation.
It would also let new public companies delay compliance with provisions of the Dodd-Frank law on executive compensation and shareholder "say on pay".
"Right after the election, many of our clients started calling saying they were interested in doing this," said Regina Olshan, a partner in the executive compensation group at the international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Executive compensation expert Edward Razim, partner at law firm Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, says that one of the best options for smaller businesses is something called a profits-interest plan.
When the Securities and Exchange Commission rewrote the laws on executive compensation disclosure last year, it didn't require public companies to detail consultants' fees.
"I kept thinking 'I don't deserve this!'" She rotated through corporate law, capital markets, executive compensation, and employee benefits but remained focused on litigation.
When a company calls a meeting for the approval of a merger, the law demands that executive compensation plans be disclosed and an advisory shareholder vote on those plans be taken.
