Position Title: Executive Compensation Consultant
Posting Jurisdictions: To support US Eastern Time working hours
Type: Independent Contractor
Location: 100 % remote

Our Firm:
Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters.
Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses.

The Opportunity

This is a client-facing consulting role at the intersection of executive pay, corporate governance, and business strategy. You will serve as a trusted advisor to Sterlington's clients, typically founders, C-suite executives, compensation committees, boards, and private equity sponsors, helping them design, benchmark, and govern executive compensation programs that attract top talent and align pay with long-term value creation.

You will work directly with Sterlington's executive compensation partners,



producing independent analysis and client-ready deliverables across both public and pre-IPO company contexts.

What You'll Do:
- Advise on the design of executive compensation programs: base salary, annual and long-term incentives, equity plans, MIPs, and severance arrangements
- Develop and articulate compensation philosophy frameworks that align pay structure with business objectives, shareholder interests, and governance standards
- Model incentive plan scenarios: stress-testing pay-for-performance alignment, cost impacts, and dilution effects across a range of business outcomes
- Conduct compensation risk assessments and advise on clawback policies, stock ownership guidelines, and anti-hedging provisions
- Guide clients through compensation design in the context of IPOs, M&A;, restructurings, and PE-backed management incentive plans
- Advise on severance, change-in-control provisions, and executive succession planning in

📌 Executive Compensation Consultant (Barcelona)
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