Jeremy L. Goldstein & Associates

What Jeremy L. Goldstein & Associates does

Jeremy L. Goldstein & Associates operates today as Sterlington PLLC, a privately held Professional Limited Liability Company headquartered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, with offices in New York, Philadelphia, and the British Virgin Islands. The firm began as a focused executive compensation and corporate governance advisory led by Jeremy L. Goldstein, a former Wachtell Lipton partner who has been involved in over $3 trillion of M&A transactions over his career and is individually ranked by Chambers USA for executive compensation. Sterlington has since expanded into a full-service law practice organized around eight core areas: Corporate (M&A, private equity, governance), Litigation/Arbitration/Enforcement, Executive Compensation & Founders, Private Wealth, Aviation, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, and Bankruptcy & Restructuring. The partnership is composed largely of former partners and senior lawyers from elite firms including Wachtell Lipton, Cleary Gottlieb, Cravath, Simpson Thacher, Kirkland & Ellis, Schulte Roth, Morgan Lewis, and WilmerHale, with multiple partners individually ranked by Chambers USA or Legal 500.

Name

Jeremy L. Goldstein & Associates

Legal name

Sterlington PLLC

Website

https://jlgassociates.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sterlington PLLC is a privately held full-service law firm advising founders, CEOs, management teams, and UHNW clients on executive compensation, corporate governance, M&A, private wealth, and specialty practices across offices in New York, Philadelphia, and the British Virgin Islands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

M&A Advisory (Buy-side/Sell-side) (BPAHADAC)

Keywords

• Executive compensation advisory
• Corporate governance counsel
• M&A legal services
• Private wealth law
• Shareholder engagement advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Downingtown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Jeremy L. Goldstein & Associates (doing business as Sterlington PLLC) is a law firm providing advisory and legal services across corporate, M&A, executive compensation, private wealth, litigation, aviation, life sciences, intellectual property, and bankruptcy/restructuring matters. The practice, led by founding partner Jeremy L. Goldstein, specializes in advising founders, CEOs, and senior executives on executive compensation and corporate governance issues arising in transformative corporate events.

Product overview

Sterlington PLLC operates as a full-service law firm offering legal services across eight practice areas: Corporate (M&A, private equity, governance), Litigation/Arbitration/Enforcement, Executive Compensation & Founders (serving management teams on compensation and transformative events), Private Wealth (estate planning, trusts, tax planning for UHNW clients), Aviation (private aircraft transactions), Life Sciences (regulatory and IP for pharma/biotech), Intellectual Property (patent litigation), and Bankruptcy and Restructuring. Jeremy L. Goldstein serves as a Partner specializing in Executive Compensation within the Corporate practice, advising on matters involving over $3 trillion of M&A activity. The firm maintains offices in New York, Philadelphia, and the British Virgin Islands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Practice Advisory on M&A, private equity transactions, corporate governance, and complex business transactions for corporations and private equity sponsors.
• Litigation, Arbitration & Enforcement Legal representation in complex litigation, arbitration proceedings, and regulatory enforcement matters for corporate and individual clients.
• Executive Compensation & Founders Advisory for founders, CEOs, management teams and senior executives on executive compensation, corporate governance, and transformative corporate events.
• Private Wealth Estate planning, wealth transfer, tax planning, trust and estate administration, and family business succession for UHNW individuals and families.
• Aviation Legal services for private aviation including aircraft transactions, financing, and regulatory compliance.
• Life Sciences Intellectual property and regulatory counsel for pharmaceutical and biotech innovators.
• Intellectual Property IP litigation, patent disputes, and intellectual property rights protection.
• Bankruptcy and Restructuring Legal counsel for bankruptcy proceedings, restructuring, and distressed asset situations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius: Major US law firm with a leading private wealth and tax practice. Multiple Sterlington partners joined from Morgan Lewis, making it a directly comparable peer especially in UHNW wealth structuring and tax advisory.
• Schulte Roth & Zabel: New York-based firm with strong M&A, investment management, and executive compensation practices. The firm's M&A practice leader previously co-headed Schulte's Investment Management M&A group, making it a directly comparable peer.
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom: Major M&A, corporate, and executive compensation practice advising on transformative deals. Comparable as a full-service transactional and compensation advisor to corporates and management teams.
• Sullivan & Cromwell: Top-tier M&A and corporate governance practice advising on the largest US and cross-border transactions. Directly comparable as a high-end transactional and governance advisor serving boards and senior management.
• Kirkland & Ellis: Largest US M&A and private equity firm by deal volume. Comparable in serving management teams, founders, and sponsors on transformative transactions, with a recently hired Sterlington partner joining from Kirkland.
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore: Elite US law firm with a top-tier M&A and corporate practice. Multiple Sterlington partners previously worked at Cravath, making it a direct comparator in high-stakes M&A and corporate advisory.
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: Premier US M&A and corporate governance law firm and the prior employer of the firm's lead partner. Directly comparable as a high-end M&A, executive compensation, and governance advisory practice serving boards and senior management on transformative transactions.
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton: Global law firm with leading M&A, corporate governance, and executive compensation practices. Sterlington hired its former global co-head of Executive Compensation, making it a directly comparable peer.
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Leading M&A, private equity, and executive compensation firm. Comparable to Sterlington in serving management teams and founders on transformative corporate events, with several overlapping partners by training.

Broad incumbents

• Latham & Watkins: Global law firm with leading M&A, executive compensation, and private wealth practices. Functions as a broad incumbent that competes with Sterlington across most of its transactional and advisory practices, albeit at much greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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