Partner Kelly Malafis notes that the policies to clawback compensation are already in place across the financial industry.

Partner Daniel Laddin weighs in on the continuous homogenization of executive pay practices that is in part driven by increased influence of proxy advisers.

Partner Eric Hosken explains that negative Say-on-Pay vote recommendations from the two major proxy advisory firms can drive support down by as much as 30%.

Senior Partner Rose Marie Orens weighs in on the complexity of the new proposed pay rules for covered financial institutions.

Senior Partner Rose Marie Orens explains that the new proposed pay rules for covered financial institutions come at a tough time and the rules are likely to lead to higher fixed costs among these institutions.

Senior Partner Rosie Orens explains that within certain size parameters it is challenging to find an appropriate set of peers that are a lot like your company.

Partner Eric Hosken explains that founder CEOs and external negative attention towards high CEO pay are some of the factors that lead to instances of certain executive officers getting paid more than the CEOs at their companies.