Executive Compensation

Comprehensive analysis.

BRG’s Labor and Employment experts typically undertake work in situations where there is a dispute about the compensation paid or not paid to an executive or group of executives. In some instances, especially involving family-owned firms, a family member claims that other family members are overcompensated. In other instances, especially involving large firms that have terminated the employment of certain executives, the executives claim that they are still owed certain pay and benefits that were unfairly and illegally withheld. Still other instances involve attempts by governmental authorities to claw back allegedly excessive compensation paid to company executives or to pursue claims of stock-option backdating by company executives.

BRG experts obtain and analyze data regarding internal and external executive compensation relationships in order to provide rigorous, factual statistical evidence to aid resolution of disputes in question. This analysis is comprehensive and takes into account all forms of executive compensation, including base pay, bonuses, equity (i.e., stock grants, options, and discounted purchases), deferred compensation, and fringe benefits. BRG experts also analyze the content of executive contracts to determine how contractual provisions bear upon claims and counterclaims. The experts advise companies and organizations on the design and implementation of executive compensation plans, including the role of performance and other factors, such as industry, organization size, and location, in those plans.