Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Executive Compensation and Benefits

Partner

Erica Schohn is the global head of Skadden’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Group. Her practice focuses on compensation and benefits arrangements in U.S. and cross-border corporate transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and bankruptcy reorganizations), the negotiation of executive employment and severance arrangements, and the drafting and implementation of equity and other compensation programs. She frequently advises clients on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules governing executive compensation disclosure and corporate governance matters relating to compensation practices. As part of this practice, Ms. Schohn is a member of panels and committees comprised of leading government and private- and public-company governance professionals, and she speaks regularly with representatives from the SEC, stock exchanges, institutional investor groups and proxy advisory firms on the latest issues in corporate governance. She also regularly counsels clients regarding tax planning with respect to compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the tax rules relating to deferred compensation, the excise tax on excess parachute payments and limits on the deductibility of executive compensation. Ms. Schohn guides clients on a range of ESG-related matters.

J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2003 (magna cum laude) B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2000 (high honors)