Michael J. Albano
Partner
Michael J. Albano is Leader of Cleary Gottlieb’s Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, and ERISA Group.
He has more than 20 years of experience handling the full gamut of executive compensation and employee benefits matters for corporate clients, private equity sponsors, financial institutions, and compensation committees. Michael advises clients on disclosure, governance, taxation, design and negotiation of executive compensation agreements and arrangements, as well as the executive compensation and benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions; pension investment and ERISA fiduciary matters, including in the fund formation context; private equity compensation and governance matters at both the upper tier and portfolio company levels; and employment law and related issues.
Michael joined the firm in 2001 and became a partner in 2010.
Publications
Antitrust Agencies Issue Revised Labor Guidance in Waning Days of Biden Administration
Long Live Non-Competes (For Now): Texas District Court Vacates FTC Rule Banning Them
Time to Prepare? FTC Can Enforce Non-compete Ban According to Pennsylvania U.S. District Court
Alternative Asset Manager Governance & Succession: Founder Overview
FTC You Later: U.S. Federal Agency Says Goodbye to Noncompetes
How to Lose (or not Lose) the QPAM Exemption in 75 Days - The DOL’s Final QPAM Amendments
It’s Not DE, It’s You: 55 Billion Reasons Tesla is Not ‘Your Company’
Groundhog Day – Did the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule See Its Shadow?
$735 Million Tesla Settlement Drives Home Lessons for Boards
Corporates Face Novel Risks From Debt Ceiling Impasse—Even if No Default Occurs
SEC Parties Like Its 2010: Adopts Long-Awaited Executive Compensation Regulations Under Dodd-Frank
Executives Could Pay for Accounting R/restatements Under New SEC Clawback Rules
Negotiating GP Stakes Deals in Times of Economic Uncertainty
Final Pay vs. Performance Rules: Teaching Old Disclosure New Tricks
ISS Issues 2021 Updates to Certain Compensation Related FAQs and Policies
Shareholder Complaints Seek to Hold Directors Liable for Lack of Diversity
The Gig Is Up? COVID-19 & Remote Work Trend Toward Growth in Gig Labor
Risky Business: Waivers & Assumption of the Risk of COVID-19 Exposure
Department of Labor Issues Additional Guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act
ISS Issues Additional Voting Policy Guidance in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Keys to Emergency Succession: Planning For Boards and Senior Management During a Health Pandemic
Glass Lewis Revised Guideline Regarding Virtual Meetings for 2020 Proxy Season
Cuomo Executive Order Gives New York Corporations Relief on Physical Annual Meetings
Who Are Your Section 162(m) “Covered Employees” After Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Transactions?
ISS Finalizes Updates to its FAQs on Compensation Policies and Equity Compensation Plans
Shut Up! (Someone Is Actually Suing on the Basis of a Non-Disparagement Clause)
Recent SEC Enforcement Actions on Inadequate Perquisite Disclosure
Events
March 18, 2025
March 19, 2024
PLI’s ERISA Plan Investments in Financial Markets 2024: The Fundamentals
March 21, 2023
December 12, 2022
February 3, 2021
December 7, 2020
Global Compensation & Benefits Watch: Executive Compensation in a Time of Crisis
June 23, 2020
Briefing on Key Legal Issues Associated With Returning to the Workplace
May 18, 2020
Governance Watch Webcast Reopen Ready: Managing Governance and Legal Risks in the New Normal
November 20, 2019
June 15, 2018
Executive Compensation 2018: Strategy, Design, and Implementation
November 16, 2017
May 3, 2016
November 12, 2015
14th Annual Corporate Governance and Disclosure Seminar - Proxy Workshop
February 4, 2015
February 6, 2014
November 13, 2013
February 6, 2013
December 5, 2012
October 18, 2012
Developments in Corporate Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions – Chicago
February 8, 2012
November 15, 2011
February 23, 2011