Erica Schohn

Practice Areas

Erica Schohn is head of Skadden’s executive compensation and benefits practice. Her practice focuses on compensation and benefits arrangements in U.S. and cross-border corporate transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, bankruptcy reorganizations and carve-out transactions), the negotiation of executive employment and severance arrangements, and the drafting and implementation of equity and other compensation programs.

Professional Memberships

Ms. Schohn is the founder of Connections, a group of employment and benefits lawyers from more than 30 countries on six continents who meet regularly to educate each other on global employment issues and speak at seminars on changes in laws relevant to multinational companies.

Publications

Ms. Schohn is the author and editor of the Section 409A Handbook, published by Bloomberg BNA, and speaks at seminars on issues relating to cross-border employee matters, data privacy, executive compensation, tax planning and corporate governance.

Personal

In recognition of her work, Ms. Schohn has been named an Employment Law Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. Ms. Schohn also has been repeatedly recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Legal 500 U.S., in addition to being named a Law360 Benefits MVP and a BTI Client Service All-Star for providing outstanding client service. Additionally, she has been repeatedly selected as one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers. She also is a member of the Skadden team that has been selected multiple times as a Law360 Benefits Group of the Year.

Experience

Ms. Schohn frequently advises clients on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules governing executive compensation disclosure and corporate governance matters relating to compensation practices. As part of this practice, Ms. Schohn is a member of panels and committees comprised of leading government and private- and public-company governance professionals, and she speaks regularly with representatives from the SEC, stock exchanges, institutional investor groups and proxy advisory firms on the latest issues in corporate governance.

Ms. Schohn also regularly advises clients regarding tax planning with respect to compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the tax rules relating to deferred compensation, the excise tax on excess parachute payments and limits on the deductibility of executive compensation. She also counsels clients on a range of ESG-related matters.

Her experience includes representing companies, private equity funds and individuals in, among others, the pharmaceutical, medical supply, financial, energy, entertainment and travel industries.