A new analysis has found that some corporate legal leaders are benefiting from a fast-changing geopolitical and technological environment that presents challenges for public and private companies.
Company size and revenue are the best determinant for compensation—the bigger, the better—and the median pay for most public company legal leaders in a survey released Tuesday was $1.2 million, a metric below what most equity partners can earn at top Am Law 100 law firms, said Lee Udelsman, a managing partner at legal consultancy Major, Lindsay & Africa.
The biggest change to pay packages during 2024 and 2025—a time period that MLA …