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The Price of Progress: Compensation Considerations in Life Sciences Transactions

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Structuring transaction compensation effectively is critical to maintaining stability, maximizing deal success, and aligning with shareholder interests.

Robert James

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Managing Director
Location
Los Angeles

Biography

Rob James is a managing director with Pearl Meyer with almost 15 years of experience in executive compensation and finance. He serves as a trusted advisor to boards and senior management at public and private firms across North America. 

He works with companies in all industries, but he has in-depth knowledge and expertise in designing compensations strategies for organizations in life sciences and technology, particularly emerging and high growth companies that are pursuing or have recently completed a M&A transaction or public offering.  

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer, Rob was a co-founding partner at Echelon Compensation Partners, an independent consulting firm specializing in executive and broad-based compensation at privately held and publicly traded companies, and a director at Farient Advisors in Los Angeles. He is a Certified Executive Compensation Professional, a distinction awarded by WorldatWork for excellence in the field, and a Certified Equity Professional, which is the only internationally recognized equity compensation designation focusing on taxation, accounting, securities laws, and administration of equity-based incentive programs. 

Rob holds a BSc. with honors degree in international management with American business studies from the University of Manchester, UK.
 

Robert James
Expertise
Executive and Broad-Based Compensation
Annual and Long-Term Incentive Design
Private Company Compensation
Compensation-Related Tax, Legal, and Accounting Issues
SEC Disclosure and Compliance
Certifications
Certified Equity Professional (CEP)
Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP)
Decision Styles Assessment
Education
BSc, University of Manchester, UK

As a trusted advisor to clients, I work collaboratively with the board and senior management to ensure that compensation programs are optimally aligned with the business and support long-term value creation for stakeholders.

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Navigating 11th Hour Guidance on Board DE&I

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ISS and Glass Lewis, along with several large institutional investors, have softened their stance on board diversity policies for 2025.

Deb Lifshey

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Managing Director
Location
New York

Biography

Deborah Lifshey is a managing director at Pearl Meyer, where she specializes in advising clients on compensation matters from a legal perspective including securities disclosure, taxation and corporate governance issues, negotiation contracts, and reasonableness opinion letters. 

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer, Deborah practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where she specialized in executive compensation, ERISA matters, and corporate transactions, and at Holland and Knight, where she specialized in employment litigation matters. She has authored and/or co-authored the following works: "The New Qualified Plan Minimum Distribution Rules," The New York Law Journal (Winter, 1996); "IRS Changes Rules Through Field Service Advice – This Time on FICA and ESPP," Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits (January/February 2000); Perquisites, Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook, BNA Publications (2002); Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements, Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook (2004); and Executive Compensation: The Perspective of the Compensation Consultant, Chapter 15 of Corporate Governance: Law and Practice (2005). Deborah is a frequent speaker and panelist on disclosure and taxation issues, and is regularly quoted on executive compensation best practices.

She is a graduate of the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell University and the University of Florida College of Law, and served as a federal clerk for the Honorable Judge Susan H. Black on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Deborah is a member of the New York and Florida Bars.

Deb Lifshey
Expertise
Legal
Securities Compliance
Tax
Employment Agreements
Negotiating
Certifications
Member of New York and Florida Bar
Education
BSILR, Cornell University
JD, University of Florida School of Law

I help the firm’s clients approach executive compensation from the legal and technical perspective. As they strive to go beyond a check-the-box exercise and instead develop pay plans that align with their business and leadership strategies, there is still a devil lurking in the details. My Technical Services Team helps clients ensure they are making sound decisions relative to contracts, securities disclosure, taxation, and overall sound corporate governance practices.

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Analyzing Director Pay: New Data for 2025

A summary of the Pearl Meyer/NACD Director Compensation Report, including data on board pay and a historical analysis of evolving trends.
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