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Jake Ebers is a partner at Sterlington PLLC in New York, New York, where he advises clients on executive compensation and corporate law matters. He counsels founders, CEOs, management teams, boards of directors, and senior executives in connection with mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, initial public offerings, restructurings, and other significant business events. His practice includes the structuring and negotiation of equity incentive plans, transaction and retention bonuses, severance arrangements, executive employment agreements, and change-in-control agreements.
Jake regularly advises clients on executive compensation issues arising under U.S. tax, securities, employment, and corporate laws. He works with companies and executives across a range of industries to develop compensation arrangements that align business objectives with regulatory and transactional considerations.
Before joining Sterlington PLLC, Jake was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, where he represented private equity sponsors, strategic acquirers, and portfolio companies in complex transactions. His experience spans industries including technology, healthcare, consumer products, energy, media, and financial services. Earlier in his career, he practiced labor and employment law at Reed Smith and served as an attorney with the New York State Department of Labor.
