Executive Counseling and Negotiation
Savine Employment Law, Ltd. provides coaching and legal counsel to Chicago and Illinois executives at all stages of their careers. With extensive experience working directly with boards of directors, CEOs, CFOs and human resources departments on both sides of executive matters, we help our clients advocate effectively for their rights while, to the maximum extent possible, preserve and enhance their reputations and relationships with their employers.
We assist CEOs, CFOs, C-suite executives, high- and mid-level level managers and professionals in understanding and negotiating employment contracts, compensation packages, change-in-control agreements, partnership agreements, retention agreements, consulting agreements, non-compete agreements, restrictive covenants, severance agreements and expatriate agreements.
Our services for executives include:
Workplace Privacy and Career Reputation Management
We are committed to protecting executives’ rights to privacy and freedom from unfair and unlawful defamation and career interference by their current and former employers. We advocate for clients and pursue appropriate legal claims on their behalf, when their work reputations are inappropriately damaged, either inside or outside the workplace, or if their work reputations are damaged by their employers’ false or disparaging communications to prospective employers or other third parties.
Post-Employment Restrictions
We advise executives on the impact and enforceability of restrictive covenants, including non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, non-solicitation agreements, and non-compete agreements.
Coaching for Negotiation
We coach executives on negotiations with their companies’ boards of directors and C-suite over compensation, contracts and separations.
Defensive Dispute Resolution
We help executives resolve disputes with employers over accusations of fraud, trade secret theft, breaches of fiduciary duty, and other accusations of wrongdoing unique to the executive ranks.
Compensation Assessments
We benchmark and advise on the adequacy and appropriateness of executive compensation and severance offers, including bonuses, benefits, indemnification arrangements, equity grants, and other forms of deferred and incentive compensation.
Expatriates
For expatriates, advising on their unique employment issues, such as identifying potential conflicts between US employment law and the laws of their home or host foreign countries, and addressing their other distinctive needs both before launch and upon their repatriation.
