Scott Landau
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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About
Provided by Scott Landau
Practice Areas
Scott Landau focuses his practice on representing private equity clients and public companies in acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings within the U.S. and cross-border. He has experience structuring LLC profit interests as management incentives; negotiating limited liability company, shareholder, and employment agreements; counseling compensation, pension, and savings plan committees; advising on issues relating to Internal Revenue Code Section 409A compliance for domestic and foreign plans; designing executive compensation and nonqualified plan agreements; and counseling with respect to corporate governance matters.
Scott served as in-house counsel at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS), where he led the domestic and international Employee Benefits and Compensation Legal Group. He also served as secretary and lead counsel to the BMS Pension and Savings Plan Committees.
Chambers Review
USA
Scott Landau is cochair of the employee benefits and executive compensation practice at Winston & Strawn LLP. He is especially adept at advising clients on the compensation and benefits aspects of corporate transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Scott is my right-hand man in dealing with management teams and executive compensation and benefits work."
"Scott is my right-hand man in dealing with management teams and executive compensation and benefits work."