Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group

Jonathan F. Lewis is the Chair of the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group and co-leads the People Solutions Group in New York. His practice encompasses all aspects of executive compensation and the deployment of human capital. The scope of his practice includes:

• Public and private mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on the special issues raised in the private equity, healthcare and insurance sectors.
• The design and operation of compensation plans and programs for both public and private companies, including related tax, accounting, governance and disclosure concerns.
• The investment of the assets of ERISA pension plans in funds and separately managed vehicles, with significant experience of these issues in the private equity, insurance and real estate sectors.
• Counselling public and private companies on sensitive matters relating to senior executives and their compensation, including hirings, departures and compensatory arrangements. For a summary of the considerations raised by these matters, please click here.
• Representation of individual executives and management teams.