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Deb Lifshey

Managing Director
New York

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Expertise

  • Legal
  • Securities Compliance
  • Tax
  • Employment Agreements
  • Negotiating

Education

  • BSILR, Cornell University
  • JD, University of Florida School of Law

Certification

  • Member of New York and Florida Bar

"The most important piece of disclosure in the pay-vs-performance rule may be your narrative."

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Commitment To Clients

I help the firm’s clients approach executive compensation from the legal and technical perspective. As they strive to go beyond a check-the-box exercise and instead develop pay plans that align with their business and leadership strategies, there is still a devil lurking in the details. My Technical Services Team helps clients ensure they are making sound decisions relative to contracts, securities disclosure, taxation, and overall sound corporate governance practices.

Biography

Deborah Lifshey is a managing director at Pearl Meyer, where she specializes in advising clients on compensation matters from a legal perspective including securities disclosure, taxation and corporate governance issues, negotiation contracts, and reasonableness opinion letters. 

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer, Deborah practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where she specialized in executive compensation, ERISA matters, and corporate transactions, and at Holland and Knight, where she specialized in employment litigation matters. She has authored and/or co-authored the following works: "The New Qualified Plan Minimum Distribution Rules," The New York Law Journal (Winter, 1996); "IRS Changes Rules Through Field Service Advice – This Time on FICA and ESPP," Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits (January/February 2000); Perquisites, Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook, BNA Publications (2002); Negotiating and Drafting Employment Agreements, Executive Compensation and Benefits Handbook (2004); and Executive Compensation: The Perspective of the Compensation Consultant, Chapter 15 of Corporate Governance: Law and Practice (2005). Deborah is a frequent speaker and panelist on disclosure and taxation issues, and is regularly quoted on executive compensation best practices.

She is a graduate of the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell University and the University of Florida College of Law, and served as a federal clerk for the Honorable Judge Susan H. Black on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Deborah is a member of the New York and Florida Bars.

Publications and Presentations

Advisor Blog
Deb Lifshey
March 2023

Pay Versus Performance Watch: The First Filers

PVP disclosure data and trends based on this year’s first 60 public filings.

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Client Alert
Deb Lifshey
February 2023

Decoding the SEC’s Updates on Pay Versus Performance Rules

We outline the new information to take into account as companies draft PVP disclosures, and note which issues remain open for imminent filers.

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Client Alert
Deb Lifshey
December 2022

The Proxy Advisors Speak: 2023 Edition

Updated policy guidelines from ISS and Glass Lewis include compensation- and director-related items that should be reviewed for 2023.

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Advisor Blog
Deb Lifshey
Margaret Black
October 2022

Navigating Dodd-Frank Disclosure Requirements if You’re a Smaller Reporting Company or Emerging Growth Company

What to know about pay vs. performance and other disclosure rules if your company is an SRC or an EGC.

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Client Alert
November 2016

ISS Announces Pay-For-Performance Methodology Updates for 2017

Pearl Meyer offers complete information and recommendations on the six new financial metrics ISS plans to use in its pay-for-performance analysis.

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Client Alert
May 2016

Dodd-Frank Section 956 Redux: Incentive Compensation at Financial Institutions Subject to Yet Another Set of Proposed Rules

A new set of proposed rules under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act affects certain banking institutions and replaces an earlier 2011 proposal.

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As We See It
July 2015

Proposed Pay-For-Performance Rules

Why a principles-based approach to pay-for-performance is more effective than a one-size-fits-all rule.

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Advisor Blog
Greg Stoeckel
March 2023

A Quick Glance at the Radar for Compensation Committees

Several new regulatory executive compensation developments are taking shape. Here’s what you need to know for Spring and Summer committee meetings.

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