Manan (Mike) Shah

Practice Areas

Manan Shah (Mike) is a partner in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Executive Compensation Group and Corporate Governance Practice. Mike’s practice focuses on all facets of executive compensation matters. Mike regularly advises compensation committees and boards of directors on corporate governance and executive compensation matters. In particular, Mike has extensive experience advising public and private companies on executive compensation and employee benefits issues across a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructurings and bankruptcies, friendly and hostile tender offers, divestures, and public offerings. In addition, Mike frequently advises on the design and implementation of employment, separation and change-of-control arrangements, both in the regular course of business and in the context of a transaction. A significant aspect of Mike’s practice involves advising clients on the compensation and benefits issues that arise during the course of a corporate restructuring. He regularly assists boards of directors with structuring a company’s go-forward compensation arrangements in a way that incentivizes employee retention and performance while considering the economic realities of a post-emergence organization.