Match Law Chief’s Pay Soared as Company Prepped Google Suit (1)

Match Group Inc. gave its its chief business affairs and legal officer a more than four-fold pay boost as the company prepared an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google that was filed this week.

Jared Sine received more than $16.9 million in total compensation last year, including a stock award valued at nearly $15.6 million, a $500,000 base salary, and a $900,000 bonus, the company disclosed in a proxy filing.

Sine, a former associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Latham & Watkins, received roughly $3.6 million in 2020. He joined Match as its general counsel in 2016, became ...