Executive Contracts

Hiring or retaining a chief executive, chief technology officer, or general counsel requires a contractual framework that goes significantly beyond a standard employment agreement. The stakes on both sides are high: the company needs robust protections around IP ownership, post-termination restrictions, and misconduct definitions; the executive needs clarity on compensation structure, equity treatment, termination entitlements, and the conditions under which severance is triggered. Getting the balance wrong at the drafting stage creates costly disputes at exit, the most sensitive moment in any executive relationship.

GlobalB Law advises both companies and individual executives on the full spectrum of executive employment arrangements. For companies, we structure agreements that are legally enforceable across the relevant jurisdiction, align with board resolutions and corporate governance requirements, and integrate correctly with the cap table (where equity is part of the package). For executives, we review and negotiate incoming offers, flag the clauses that matter most, garden leave, bonus discretion, change-of-control protection, D&O indemnification, and ensure that the protections agreed in term sheets survive into the final signed document.

Jurisdictional complexity is a recurring theme in our executive work. A Turkish CEO appointed to run a Cayman-incorporated holding company may hold a service agreement governed by English law while also maintaining a separate Turkish employment relationship to preserve social security entitlements. A US-resident CTO hired by a Turkish parent may need a carefully structured arrangement to avoid inadvertent permanent establishment risk. We map these structures at the outset and design documentation that holds together across all relevant jurisdictions.