Bio

Since 2012, Scott Landau has been ranked in The Legal 500 U.S. for employee benefits and executive compensation. Clients interviewed have described him as “an excellent specialist in executive compensation” and said, “the brilliant Scott Landau has a superior command of issues and the current state of the market, as well as incredible negotiation skills.” Notably, Scott has handled the EBEC aspects of transactions in more than 50 countries around the world. Scott 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.