Partner Kelly Malafis and Associate Deep Patel believe that committee composition, proper planning and established processes are the three keys to an effective Compensation Committee.

Partners Bertha Masuda and Sue Schroeder outline specific compensation planning areas for small companies including benchmarking, allocating bonus and equity pools, and how to avoid “lightning rod” issues.

Partners Bertha Masuda and Susan Schroeder discuss the role that individual risk tolerance plays in determining the amount of upside leverage (and the requisite performance) that will motivate and retain executives.

Seventy-nine percent of S&P 500 companies have completed Say on Pay voting for 2012 and several clear trends have emerged