15 Jun 2026
Linda Barrett Joins Paul, Weiss as Executive Compensation Partner in New York
"Linda Barrett has joined Paul, Weiss in New York as a partner in its Executive Compensation Department, where she will advise on executive compensation and ERISA matters in corporate transactions."
Barrett advises private equity funds and public companies on the executive compensation aspects of a wide range of corporate transactions. She counsels on executive compensation issues and ERISA matters that arise in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, sales, spin‑offs, initial public offerings and other deals. Barrett also designs and implements compensation and benefit programs and negotiates executive employment and separation arrangements for both companies and executives. Her clients have spanned the technology, financial services, fintech, energy, media and entertainment, business services and transportation sectors.
Barrett has advised on benefits and compensation matters in significant transactions including KKR's acquisition of Broadcom's end-user computing division; New Mountain Capital's strategic investment in the non-attest business of Grant Thornton Advisors LLC; and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust's acquisition of Preferred Apartment Communities. She earned a B.A. from Hofstra University and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School, where she served as editor of the Rutgers Law Review.