Name: A Conversation About Private Company Compensation
Start: 2025-09-16T15:00:00Z
End: 2025-09-16T16:30:00Z

A Conversation About Private Company Compensation

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

4:00 - 5:30 PM BST

Wilson Sonsini
London, UK

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Wilson Sonsini and J.Thelander Consulting invite you to an in-depth compensation discussion followed by a networking reception. Wilson Sonsini partners Martin Luff and Fleur Benns – joined by Jody Thelander (Founder & CEO, J.Thelander Consulting) and Heather Preston (Senior Advisor, TPG) – will share real-time global compensation data, trends, and analysis for privately held life science and tech companies. We will examine all aspects of compensation and planning, as well as legal strategies covering your current and future needs, including:

Base salaries and bonuses
Founder and non-founder equity
Option pool by total amount of financing and industry
Non-Investor / Independent board member compensation
Employment agreement terms
Change of control & severance specifics

Whether you're gearing up for fundraising or a strategic exit, don't miss out on these exclusive insights from our panel of experts.

The session will be interactive and we encourage you to submit your questions ahead of time via email to info@jthelander.com. We also invite you to participate in the Thelander Private Company Compensation Survey here so your data is included in the analysis and secure your complimentary silver subscription. All data is published in aggregate only -- no individual names or company names reported.

Contacts

Nancy Farestveit

nfarestveit@wsgr.com

Presenters

Martin Luff

Partner

London

Martin Luff is a dual-qualified partner in the London office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm’s employment practice. Martin focuses on UK, US, and international labor and employment law, and has extensive experience counseling clients in all aspects of the employment relationship. He supports clients on day-to-day UK human resources and personnel issues, including employment and consulting agreements, international employee transfers and expatriate arrangements, disciplinary and performance issues, senior executive terminations, and employment disputes. He also advises on employment matters related to domestic and cross-border business transactions. Additionally, Martin provides counsel on non-competition and non-solicitation covenants, redundancies and group layoffs, employment issues arising from US federal government contracts, record retention policies, and international data privacy and transfer laws.

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Fleur Benns

Partner

London

Fleur Benns is a partner in the London office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the firm’s employee benefits and compensation practice. Fleur has over 20 years of experience specializing in employee incentives and benefits, with a particular focus on the technology and life sciences sectors. She counsels on cross-border transactions and has extensive experience in advising on incentive arrangements in the context of both acquisitions and investments in the UK.