General Counsel Compensation Chart: Who Made the 2023 Top-Paid GC List?
The tight talent market helped drive up compensation, as current employers tried to lock down legal chiefs with retention bonuses, and companies trying to fill openings dangled juicy signing bonuses and stock grants.
August 28, 2023 at 04:19 AM
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Lawyer Compensation - In-HouseThe original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
Tech companies hold a tight grip on the top slots in Corporate Counsel and ALM Intelligence's 2023 General Counsel Compensation Report, based on Securities and Exchange Commission pay disclosures of the Fortune 1000 for fiscal 2022. Read our full story here.
Those disclosures typically list pay for a company's five most highly paid executives, criteria that excuses hundreds of companies from having to reveal GC pay. Not on the list, for example, are legal leaders from hundreds of companies, including such corporate titans as Berkshire Hathaway, Tesla, Visa and Exxon Mobil.
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