Samantha Nussbaum

Samantha Nussbaum joined the firm in 2012. She has consulted on behalf of small and large private and public companies, compensation committees, directors, and senior management on all aspects of executive compensation and employee benefits.

Samantha’s consulting and legal background specifically includes advising on the following matters: employee benefit and executive compensation arrangements in the context of mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, initial public offerings, restructurings and other extraordinary corporate events, as well as on an ongoing advisory basis; executive employment, severance, and change in control arrangements; equity incentive plans (including design and related disclosure implications); overall compensation program design; corporate governance practices; shareholder communication; risk assessments; securities laws (including SEC reporting and disclosure requirements); tax laws (including laws governing deferred compensation under Code Section 409A, deduction limitation rules under Code Section 162(m) and golden parachute arrangements); and rules governing tax-qualified retirement vehicles and the taxation of employee welfare benefits.

Samantha previously served as a senior associate and practicing attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she worked in the executive compensation and benefits department for eight years. Her legal experience also extends to general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, and finance.

Speaking Engagements and Presentations

November 18, 2021
Corporate Board Member – Boardroom Summit and Peer Exchange
What it Will Take for Boards to Lead in the Next Decade?

October 17, 2017
Loyola Law School
An Introduction to Executive Compensation

September 25, 2017
The Knowledge Group
The Impacts of Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule on CEOs and Companies

February 24, 2016
The Knowledge Group
Adoption and Implementation Issues of the CEO Pay Ratio Rule: What You Need to Know

Publications

September 11, 2025
SEC’s Spring 2025 Regulatory Flex Agenda Signals a Strategic Pivot
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July 22, 2024
Fifth Circuit Reinstates the Notice-and-Awareness Proxy Adviser Regulation that the SEC First Adopted and then Rescinded
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November 27, 2023
Yet Another SEC PvP CDI Update Brings Some Welcome Relief
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October 24, 2023
Two of the New SEC PvP CDIs Raise Complicated Interpretative Issues
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February 13, 2023
SEC Issues Guidance on Final Pay Versus Performance Rules
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