Sterlington, PLLC

Role Description We are seeking a highly organized, tech-savvy Legal Assistant/Paralegal to provide critical document and deal-flow support in a high-volume transactional aviation practice. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys precision-driven deal work. The right candidate will play a central role in ensuring transaction documents are properly formatted, organized, executed, and tracked. - Format, revise, and finalize complex transactional documents in Microsoft Word - Break apart and organize appended and ancillary documents - Manage document execution processes (signature pages, execution versions, closing sets) - Manipulate PDFs in Adobe Acrobat (merge, split, bookmark, redact, convert) - Convert and prepare clean execution-ready documents - Organize files in file storage sites like SharePoint and NetDocuments - Track deal flow and maintain structured transaction records - Ensure high responsiveness to ongoing deal activity Qualifications - Advanced Microsoft Word skills (styles, formatting, document structuring) - Strong Adobe Acrobat proficiency - Experience supporting asset finance, aviation, banking or similar practices preferred - Experience with document management systems (SharePoint; NetDocuments preferred) - Ability to manage multiple active transactions simultaneously - Exceptional organization and attention to detail - Strong sense of urgency and responsiveness - Comfort working alongside AI tools and workflow Ideal Candidate Profile - Comfortable in high-performance law firm environments - Technically proficient and process-driven - Calm under deadline pressure - Highly reliable and structured - Able to anticipate document needs in fast-moving transactions Why This Role Is Unique - You will support a senior finance partner with a background in elite global markets work, operating in a sophisticated and international transactional practice. - This is an opportunity to work at the center of complex asset finance deals and gain exposure to high-level finance transactions. - At Sterlington, we believe that world-class talent has no boundaries. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where unique perspectives are valued and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. - We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

Role Description We're looking for a proactive, detail-oriented Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist who takes ownership and gets things done. This isn't just about processing numbers—it's about being a trusted partner to our finance team and ensuring our people and vendors are paid accurately and on time, every time. If you're someone who thrives on precision, stays ahead of deadlines, communicates effectively and brings solutions (not just questions), we want to hear from you. You'll play a critical role in supporting our US-headquartered service business, managing everything from multi-system payroll processing to partner distributions and year-end compliance. What You'll Do: - Payroll - Prepare and reconcile monthly payroll summaries with meticulous accuracy - Record payroll bills and journals, and process payments efficiently - Drive improvements and consolidation across multiple payroll systems (XE, Gusto, Ramp) - Create and distribute monthly payment summaries to law partners - Calculate origination partners' monthly distributions and annual true-ups - Maintain flawless payroll records including salary changes, bonuses, benefits, and tax deductions - Partner closely with HR to ensure employee data is current and accurate - Reconcile benefits and 401K deductions with precision - Register with state authorities as needed to ensure all state filings are current - Proactively monitor and resolve payroll system exceptions and tax-related issues before they escalate - Own year-end payroll reporting, compliance, and filings (W-2s, 1099s, K-1s) - Support workers' compensation and other audits - Prepare ad hoc and monthly management compensation reports as needed - Accounts Payable - Review, verify, and process vendor invoices, reimbursements, and disbursements with accuracy and speed - Receive and answer questions about payments from team members and vendors - Track payment approvals and due dates, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks - Maintain and monitor vendor records with a keen eye for detail - Reconcile AP aging reports and support monthly close processes - Calculate recruiter fees accurately - Record and reconcile law partner credit card transactions - Manage intercompany reconciliation for credit card transactions, payables, and expenses - Track and report monthly business development expenses per partner - Follow-up with partners and their assistants for missing or incomplete information - Ensure complete accuracy of prepaid account balances, client reimbursables, and team member advances Qualifications - 5+ years of senior experience in Payroll and Accounts Payable - US payroll expertise is essential - Strong experience with payroll systems and maintaining accurate tax and state registration filings - Comfortable leveraging AI tools to streamline workflows, improve accuracy, and drive efficiency across payroll and accounts payable processes - Highly proactive mindset - Exceptionally responsive - Pride in completing work with uncompromising accuracy - Systems thinker with interest in process and program improvements - Start-up / scale-up experience preferred - Professional services experience preferred - Comfortable making systems change recommendations - Comfortable working independently in a fully remote environment Benefits - World-class talent has no boundaries - Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment - Encouragement for all qualified candidates to apply

Role Description This is a high-priority hire supporting high-volume commercial contracts to work for a global client base that includes founders, high-growth companies, and institutional platforms. This role offers direct ownership of client relationships and counterparty negotiations within a fully remote, modern law firm structure. - Lead the drafting and negotiation of a high-volume pipeline of commercial agreements, specifically including NDAs, master services agreements, vendor arrangements, and technology transactions, ensuring rapid turnaround and strict adherence to internal playbooks. - Partner with internal teams to ensure the strategic application of legal playbooks and agentic workflows, navigating cross-border commercial considerations as required. - Drive AI-powered process automation across legal and operational functions, identifying inefficiencies, deploying scalable solutions, and raising the AI fluency bar firm-wide. - Identify and mitigate confidentiality and commercial risks within standard transactions, expertly spotting non-standard terms and escalating complex issues outside the established playbook. - Collaborate seamlessly with internal deal teams and stakeholders to ensure rapid contract turnaround and alignment on negotiation strategy. - Manage a demanding, high-volume workflow in a fast-paced, client-facing environment, delivering exceptional accuracy without sacrificing speed. Qualifications - 3-6 years of experience in commercial contracts. - Deep interest in AI, innovation, and the future of legal services. - Strong background in outsourcing and commercial contracting. - Demonstrated experience negotiating complex, high-value agreements and direct client interaction. - LL.M. from a U.S. institution or US bar eligibility strongly preferred. - Excellent drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills. - Ability to operate independently in a lean, remote-first environment. - Genuinely strong written and spoken English – this role involves daily interaction with English speaking clients and sophisticated counterparties. Benefits - Fully remote work environment. - Opportunity to work with a global client base. - Focus on AI and innovation in legal services. Company Description Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters. Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses.

Role Description This is a client-facing consulting role at the intersection of executive pay, corporate governance, and business strategy. You will serve as a trusted advisor to Sterlington's clients, typically founders, C-suite executives, compensation committees, boards, and private equity sponsors, helping them design, benchmark, and govern executive compensation programs that attract top talent and align pay with long-term value creation. You will work directly with Sterlington's executive compensation partners, producing independent analysis and client-ready deliverables across both public and pre-IPO company contexts. What You'll Do: - Advise on the design of executive compensation programs: base salary, annual and long-term incentives, equity plans, MIPs, and severance arrangements. - Develop and articulate compensation philosophy frameworks that align pay structure with business objectives, shareholder interests, and governance standards. - Model incentive plan scenarios: stress-testing pay-for-performance alignment, cost impacts, and dilution effects across a range of business outcomes. - Conduct compensation risk assessments and advise on clawback policies, stock ownership guidelines, and anti-hedging provisions. - Guide clients through compensation design in the context of IPOs, M&A, restructurings, and PE-backed management incentive plans. - Advise on severance, change-in-control provisions, and executive succession planning in deal and transition contexts. - Support post-merger integration on executive compensation harmonization and retention program design. - Draft and review plan documents, term sheets, offer letters, and employment agreements related to executive compensation. - Leverage AI tools to accelerate research, modeling, and deliverable production. Sterlington is an AI-first firm and expects fluency, not familiarity. Qualifications - 5+ years in executive compensation consulting, compensation committee advisory, investment banking (comp-focused), Big 4, or a specialist executive pay firm. - JD, MBA, or CPA — or equivalent demonstrated expertise in tax/legal dimensions of executive pay. - Experience with technology, life sciences, or high-growth private company clients. - Deep knowledge of executive pay design across public and/or private/pre-IPO company contexts — including equity incentive structures, performance metrics, and governance frameworks. - Strong financial modeling and analytical skills; advanced Excel; fluency with proxy data tools (Equilar, ISS Analytics, Radford, or equivalent). - Proven ability to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously in a remote-first environment. - Demonstrated fluency with AI tools in professional work — Sterlington's AI-first mandate is non-negotiable across all roles. Benefits - At Sterlington, we believe that world-class talent has no boundaries. - We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where unique perspectives are valued and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. - We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

Role Description We are seeking a driven, highly organized Business Development Manager to join our BD, Marketing and Comms team and work directly with the Head of BD. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role supporting our most senior partners across a range of practice areas – including corporate and executive compensation – as they strengthen and expand client relationships. - Work directly with senior partners and the Head of BD to develop, maintain and execute BD plans, track progress, hold partners accountable for commitments, and proactively flag when plans are off track. - Manage and update the firm’s deal credentials, capability statements and experience databases, ensuring materials are current, accurate and ready for pitches and proposals. - Own and maintain the firm’s CRM, ensuring BD activity, contacts, deal credentials and pipeline information are accurately captured and kept current; act as the internal champion for CRM adoption and hygiene. - Identify, research, and map target clients, referral sources, and market opportunities; bring proactive ideas and intelligence to partners rather than waiting to be asked. - Coordinate and support BD-related events, sponsorships, conferences, and speaking engagements. - Prepare and coordinate pitch materials, capability presentations and RFP responses for new and existing clients; support partners in preparation for client meetings and follow up on outcomes. - Assist with the production of marketing materials including presentations (PowerPoint), firm communications, and practice group content; support thought leadership initiatives in collaboration with the Head of BD and partners. Qualifications - Proven experience in a BD role at a law firm – you understand the professional services environment, how partners operate, and what good law firm BD looks like in practice. - Manager-level track record, with demonstrable examples of independently owning and driving BD programs, not just supporting them. - Exceptional organization skills and a task-oriented mindset – you track what’s open, chase what’s outstanding and raise your hand clearly when things are off track. - Strong written communication skills. - Comfortable working in a fast-moving, high-growth environment – proactive and able to prioritize effectively without a large supporting infrastructure. - Available to work US Eastern Time hours preferable. Requirements - Experience in corporate or transactional practice group BD. - Proficiency in PowerPoint and Word – able to produce polished, professional presentations and documents to a high standard. - Experience building creds databases and maintaining deal/matter tracking systems. - Hands-on experience using AI to improve BD workflows, research, content production or client intelligence. - Experience supporting partners in a high-growth firm context where BD infrastructure is still being built out. Benefits - At Sterlington, we believe that world-class talent has no boundaries. - We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where unique perspectives are valued and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. - We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

Role Description We’re looking for a Billing Specialist to take ownership of invoicing and billing operations in a fast-paced, client-facing environment. This role sits at the center of revenue operations, working closely with partners, finance, and client teams to ensure invoices are accurate, timely, and aligned with client expectations. You’ll play a key role in keeping billing clean, reducing friction with clients, and supporting overall cash flow. - Prepare, review, and issue invoices accurately and on time, including billable hours and client-specific billing arrangements. - Work closely with partners and internal stakeholders to validate billing details before sending invoices. - Track billing schedules and ensure deadlines are consistently met. - Review time entries, expenses, and billing data to ensure accuracy and compliance. - Resolve billing queries and disputes by coordinating with internal teams and communicating with clients. - Maintain clean and organized billing records and documentation. - Support month-end processes by ensuring billing data is complete and up to date. - Identify recurring billing issues and suggest practical improvements to processes. - Partner with collections and AR to ensure smooth handoff from invoicing to payment. Qualifications - 2–5+ years of experience in billing, accounts receivable, or finance operations. - Familiarity with AI-assisted billing tools: comfortable using AI features in accounting or ERP platforms to flag anomalies, automate invoice matching, or surface overdue accounts faster. - Open to AI-augmented workflows: willing to adopt AI tools that streamline repetitive tasks like data entry, payment follow-ups, or reconciliation, freeing up time for higher-value problem-solving. - Strong attention to detail, you catch errors before they become problems. - Comfortable working with different billing structures (hourly, fixed fee, retainers). - Clear communicator, able to follow up, clarify, and resolve issues quickly. - Organized and able to manage multiple invoices and deadlines at once. - Experience with accounting or billing systems (ERP, legal billing tools, etc.). - Solid Excel skills and confidence working with data. Company Description Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters. Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses. Learn more at: www.sterlingtonlaw.com/

Role Description Sterlington not only documents deals, we cut deals for clients. As part of that, we play something close to a financial/banker role in analyzing deal structures and executive compensation arrangements. We are looking for someone who can help us model and understand transactions and executive compensation arrangements from a numerical perspective. Our philosophy is that we need people trained to think logically and systematically, and equipped to operate with modern analysis tools (high expertise in AI modeling and Excel). This role sits at the intersection of math, finance, law, and business, and is designed for someone who is intellectually rigorous and genuinely enjoys untangling complexity. You will work directly with the head of the corporate/M&A practice, and senior partners in those practices. This is a rare opportunity for a mathematically and financially disciplined thinker who combines first-principles reasoning with AI fluency, applying both to high-stakes, real-world situations alongside individuals operating at the highest levels of decision-making. Qualifications - PhD or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, finance, or a closely related quantitative field - Expertise in using AI tools in a professional context to model and analyze data - Comfortable operating independently in a remote, high-performance environment - Strong judgment - Prior experience in law is not required Requirements - Integrate AI-assisted workflows into your day-to-day work to enhance speed, depth, and accuracy of analysis - Analyze and model complex business, executive compensation, structure and financial arrangements to extract underlying economic logic and value drivers - Map ownership, incentive, and value-distribution structures across multiple scenarios - Stress-test assumptions and identify points of economic sensitivity and hidden risk - Build and refine analytical models and frameworks used on live client matters - Contribute to the evolution of AI-enabled analytical practices within the firm Benefits - Your analysis directly informs structuring decisions, negotiations, and risk assessment - You demonstrate strong judgment in separating signal from noise in dense materials - You effectively integrate AI into your workflow, using it to enhance — not replace — your reasoning Company Description Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters. Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses. Learn more at: www.sterlingtonlaw.com

Role Description Sterlington is looking for a Legal Operations Practice Manager to implement AI workflows and oversee the execution layer of a Senior Partner's Corporate and M&A practice — a high-volume, high-stakes environment serving founders, executives, and private capital clients on some of the most consequential transactions of their careers. This role sits at the center of the practice, ensuring that complex, multi-party matters progress with clarity, continuity, and control — bringing structure to evolving priorities, maintaining visibility across all active workstreams, and ensuring that commitments, internal and external, are delivered without friction. You will ensure that the operational dimension of the practice is reliable, anticipatory, and unobtrusive — working in alignment with the broader support infrastructure of the firm, never duplicating it. What You'll Do - AI-Driven Process Innovation: Drive continuous improvement by refining workflows for greater operational efficiency and scalability, while integrating AI tools in a measured, high-judgment manner to enhance matter tracking, document summarization, and internal coordination. - Matter Management: Maintain end-to-end visibility and structured tracking across all active matters — overseeing status, timelines, dependencies, and client-facing commitments within a high-volume transactional practice to ensure clarity and control without unnecessary process overhead. - Stakeholder Management: Coordinate seamlessly across attorneys, co-counsel, clients, and external counterparties to advance complex, multi-party transactions, while serving as the primary liaison for internal and service-provider stakeholders on behalf of the managing partner — driving follow-through, accountability, and timely escalation where needed. - Decision Support: Prepare concise, decision-ready matter summaries and status updates that allow the senior partner to act quickly and with confidence and then drive execution for those actions. - Risk Mitigation: Anticipate gaps, misalignments, and potential delays — and resolve them before they surface. - Pipeline Management: Support transaction pipeline visibility and business development follow-through in coordination with the senior partner. What Success Looks Like - Full matter visibility established within 30 days: status, timelines, and commitments tracked with precision across the entire practice. - The senior partner operates with complete situational awareness, without having to ask for it. - Manual workflows are replaced by AI-enabled processes. - System scalability is enhanced, and plans for further scalability projects are planned out. - Execution becomes more predictable as complexity and volume grow. Qualifications - Hands-on AI fluency: You have built and deployed workflows in a professional context. - Experience in practice management, legal operations, or transactional coordination within a law firm or professional services environment. - Legal background preferred: J.D. or equivalent; US corporate and M&A familiarity is a strong plus. - Native or full professional English fluency required. - Structured, systems-oriented mindset: You introduce clarity without over-engineering. Company Description Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters. Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses.

Role Description You will work directly with two market-leading Executive Compensation partners, formerly of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, on sophisticated, transaction-driven compensation work typically seen at the top of the market; within a lean, agile platform that offers significantly more autonomy and flexibility than traditional BigLaw structures. You will play a key role in advising on executive compensation and employee benefits issues that are central to complex corporate transactions and sensitive executive matters. This is a high-visibility role with direct partner interaction and meaningful client exposure. What You'll Do: - Advising on executive compensation and employee benefits issues in connection with M&A, private equity transactions, IPOs, joint ventures, and restructurings - Counseling founders, CEOs, senior executives, and boards on: - Executive employment and retention agreements - Equity incentive and carried interest structures - Deferred compensation and incentive arrangements - Change-in-control and termination protections - Performance-based compensation design - Providing strategic guidance on tax and ERISA considerations, including equity compensation and nonqualified deferred compensation programs - Supporting compensation aspects of complex and often confidential corporate events Qualifications - 4–8 years of executive compensation and employee benefits experience - Experience at an Am Law 50 or comparably sophisticated practice preferred - Strong experience in transaction-related compensation matters - Excellent technical skills in tax and ERISA aspects of executive compensation - Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, high-level advisory environment Benefits - Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in our Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans - Eligibility for our 401(k)-retirement program - Sterlington uses E-Verify to confirm employees’ work authorization - Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where unique perspectives are valued Company Description Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters. - Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses.

Role Description Sterlington is seeking two highly skilled Outsourcing Associates (5–7 years) to join its growing, technology-forward platform. This is a high-priority hire supporting sophisticated, cross-border outsourcing and commercial transactions for a global client base that includes founders, high-growth companies, and institutional platforms. This role offers direct access to senior partners, lean deal teams, and meaningful ownership in complex, high-value matters within a fully remote, modern law firm structure. - Advise clients on a wide range of outsourcing, technology, and commercial transactions, including IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO), SaaS, cloud, and digital infrastructure agreements. - Lead drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements, including master services agreements, statements of work, and vendor arrangements. - Partner directly with senior stakeholders on strategic structuring of outsourcing relationships, including cross-border considerations. - Navigate regulatory, data privacy, and operational risk issues in technology-driven transactions. - Collaborate across practice areas (Corporate, Privacy, Executive Compensation, etc.) on integrated matters. - Manage multiple high-stakes matters in a fast-paced, client-facing environment. - Drive AI-powered process automation across legal and operational functions, identifying inefficiencies, deploying scalable solutions, and raising the AI fluency bar firm-wide. Qualifications - 5–7 years of experience at a top-tier law firm (AmLaw or leading international equivalent). - Strong background in outsourcing, technology transactions, and commercial contracting. - Demonstrated experience with complex, high-value agreements and direct client interaction. - LL.M. from a U.S. institution strongly preferred. - Excellent drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills. - Ability to operate independently in a lean, remote-first environment. - Deep interest in technology, innovation, and the future of legal services. - Experience advising on digital transformation, cloud infrastructure, or tech-enabled business models. - Strong commercial mindset and ability to provide practical, business-oriented advice. Benefits - Work directly with senior partners from top-tier firms on high-impact, sophisticated matters. - Lean teams with real ownership and client exposure from day one. - Fully remote, flexible structure with a focus on quality of work over face time. - Competitive compensation aligned with top-of-market expectations. - Platform built for modern legal practice, with emphasis on efficiency, technology, and collaboration. Company Description Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters. Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for founders, senior executives, and UHNWIs as well as their related businesses. Learn more at: www.sterlingtonlaw.com