Executive Compensation Attorney

Sherrone is an executive compensation and employee benefits attorney with substantial experience advising executives, founders, leadership teams, boards, startups, private equity-backed businesses and public companies on high-stakes compensation, equity, benefits and employment matters. 

She helps senior executives and industry-leading companies make strategic decisions at critical moments, including employment transitions, liquidity events, corporate transactions, restructurings and leadership changes. Executives rely on Sherrone to negotiate employment agreements, equity awards, severance arrangements, consulting agreements, board service agreements and other compensation packages that are fair, competitive and aligned with their long-term goals. Companies turn to her for practical, business-focused guidance on designing and implementing bonus plans, incentive compensation programs, equity arrangements, employee benefits and workforce transition strategies. 

Sherrone’s experience includes advising on complex executive compensation and employment matters in transactional, public company, private company and distressed-company contexts. She regularly helps clients with: 

• Advising on executive compensation and employee benefits matters in mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions, including due diligence, transaction document negotiations, equity treatment and rollovers, Section 280G analyses, private shareholder cleanse vote processes, retention and transaction bonus arrangements, and management team employment, equity and compensation agreements. 

• Negotiating executive employment, consulting, separation, severance and board service agreements. 

• Designing, implementing and advising on bonus, incentive compensation, equity and employee benefit plans. 

• Managing reductions in force and advising on severance, separation and early retirement programs. 

• Drafting, negotiating and enforcing restrictive covenant agreements across multistate workforces. 

• Guiding companies through compensation-related compliance matters, including equity plans, benefit programs and required public securities filings. 

• Advising on employment and compensation issues arising in corporate transactions, leadership transitions, restructurings and distressed-company scenarios. 

Sherrone brings particular value to venture capital-backed startups, private equity-owned businesses and public companies navigating evolving expectations around executive pay, equity ownership, retention, governance and workforce management. She is known for identifying key legal and business risks, explaining complex compensation terms clearly and helping clients understand their leverage, evaluate practical options and make confident, informed decisions. 

A former associate at two top-ranked international Am Law 100 firms, Sherrone has advised companies and executives across every stage of growth, from emerging companies to sophisticated public and private enterprises. Her approach is thoughtful, direct and solutions-oriented, combining technical knowledge with sound judgment and a clear understanding of what clients need when compensation, employment and business priorities intersect. 

Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Sherrone is based in Atlanta, Georgia. When she is not working, she is likely planning her next hiking trip or international getaway.