Practice Areas · Employment & Labor · Employee Benefits · New York

Employee Benefits Recruiters in New York, New York

Sartori & Partners recruits Employee Benefits lawyers for New York practices, matching practitioners to mandates where ERISA technical depth and executive compensation experience define the hire.

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employee benefits lawyers mapped in New York

Sartori & Partners places Employee Benefits lawyers across New York practices, drawing on a mapped talent pool of 500+ practitioners in this market. Searches in this specialty target associates and senior associates whose work spans compensation structuring, tax-qualified plan design, executive arrangements, and ERISA compliance — practitioners whose technical range makes them effective across both transactional and advisory mandates. The firms that engage us for these searches want lawyers who can move between plan-design work and representations that surface within larger corporate transactions.

New York's Employee Benefits practices handle a wide scope of work: plan representations tied to corporate transactions, executive compensation negotiations, deferred compensation structures, equity incentive arrangements, and benefit plan due diligence that arises in acquisition contexts. Practitioners here develop fluency across multiple plan types and deal contexts, and they carry that fluency into roles where the practice group serves both sponsors and counterparties. The technical demands are consistent — depth in ERISA, command of the tax rules governing qualified and nonqualified plans, and the ability to coordinate with M&A and tax counsel on representations that require all three disciplines to move together.

We currently carry 12 live mandates matching Employee Benefits in New York, spanning associate-level roles across executive compensation, tax-qualified benefits, and hybrid Executive Compensation & Benefits positions. Each search is conducted with full knowledge of the practice context driving the hire — the transaction pipeline, the counterparty profile, and the plan structures the incoming lawyer will own from day one.

Employee Benefits recruitment in New York — common questions

What types of Employee Benefits roles are currently active in New York?

The 12 live mandates span associate positions across executive compensation plan design, tax-qualified benefit arrangements, and hybrid Executive Compensation & Benefits roles with a tax focus. These seats sit inside practices where the incoming lawyer handles benefit representations alongside transactional work, so the roles require both plan-design knowledge and the ability to execute under deal timelines. Titles in the current pipeline include Associate and mid-level positions across both standalone employee benefits and combined executive compensation tracks.

How many live employee benefits roles does Sartori & Partners have?

We currently have 12 live employee benefits roles in New York, spanning 2 partner-level and 10 associate or counsel positions. Most mandates in this market are handled confidentially — these are the roles we are in a position to share openly.

What compensation do employee benefits roles typically offer?

Based on current live mandates, employee benefits role compensation in New York runs $225k–$450k. This reflects only the roles where the hiring organisation has authorised us to share a range publicly — many mandates are structured around the right candidate rather than a fixed band. Contact us for a candid benchmark for your specific profile.

Employee Benefits · New York

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