John Martini

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Corporate Governance

Employee Stock Ownership Plans

John Martini serves as the managing partner of Polsinelli’s Philadelphia office and focuses his practice on executive compensation, corporate governance and employee benefits.

Executive Compensation and Benefits – John frequently represents public companies, private equity firms and management teams in connection with all phases of the employment relationship. He assists employers and executives in assessing the market value and market terms of management compensation arrangements while ensuring that those arrangements are delivered under a beneficial tax structure. He also handles high-profile investigations, complex pay equity and disparate impact matters, as well as administrative-related employee benefits matters.

Corporate Governance – He has been at the forefront of advising both management and board members with regard to evolving shareholder and stakeholder expectations for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) compliance. John’s experience in this area extends to proxy advisory services (including ISS and MSCI) ESG criteria, institutional shareholder standards and various uniform disclosure standards, including Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TFCD) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board voluntary disclosures (SASB).

Industry and Geographic Focus – John is well versed in matters related to the financial services, life sciences, energy, manufacturing and retail industries and across a range of geographical jurisdictions throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Latin America, Europe and China.