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Compensation Data & Advisory

Overview


McDermott Will & Schulte has partnered with Eisenhandler & Co., a leading human capital and compensation consulting firm, to provide alternative investment managers with an integrated approach to compensation design, talent strategy, and legal implementation.

This integration creates a unique “design-through-execution” model that brings together data-driven consulting, market intelligence, and legal and tax advice. This helps clients design, implement, and maintain compensation and human capital programs that are competitive, compliant, and aligned with long-term business objectives.

Eisenhandler brings deep market intelligence through its proprietary MarketLook™ compensation data platform, providing empirical benchmarking across numerous roles, levels, functions, and regions within the alternative investment industry.

Together, Eisenhandler and McDermott Will & Schulte offer a new and better way to design and implement compensation plans, inclusion advice, and employee total reward and enterprise growth plans, firm ownership and succession plans.

Who we serve

  • Hedge fund managers
  • Credit fund managers
  • Real estate investment managers
  • Private equity sponsors
  • Family offices
  • Digital asset managers
  • Fintech companies
  • Venture capitalists

About the partnership

Eisenhandler and McDermott Will & Schulte operate independently and may be engaged jointly or separately, depending on client needs. When engaged together, the firms collaborate closely to deliver an integrated advisory experience while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and professional independence.

Results


Clients engaging Eisenhandler and McDermott Will & Schulte benefit from coordinated solutions to complex compensation and workforce challenges, including:

  • Improved retention and talent alignment
    Identifying pay gaps and incentive misalignments for high-potential and critical employees, and implementing long-term incentive and ownership structures designed to motivate key talent.
  • More competitive and defensible compensation programs
    Benchmarking pay levels and incentive structures against relevant peer groups to support retention, motivation, and succession planning.
  • More efficient transactions and organizational changes
    Coordinating compensation and incentive treatment in mergers, acquisitions, and integrations, including earn-outs, incentive replacements, and post-closing compensation harmonization.
  • Practical solutions to evolving employment constraints
    Replacing or restructuring restrictive covenants and incentive arrangements in response to changing legislation and enforcement trends across jurisdictions.
  • Reduced legal and regulatory risk
    Aligning compensation, inclusion initiatives, and workforce disclosures with evolving employment law, tax, ERISA, and pay transparency requirements.
  • Smoother implementation of ESG and inclusion initiatives
    Designing and implementing inclusion programs and workforce disclosures with appropriate legal guardrails and investor-facing considerations in mind.

People


A diverse, global network of industry-leading talent committed to you and your vision.