Walt Disney’s Departing Legal Chief Sees 59% Jump in Total Pay

The Walt Disney Co.’s longtime top lawyer Alan Braverman saw his total pay increase significantly during his final year at the media conglomerate, hitting almost $16.7 million, per a preliminary proxy statement filed Wednesday evening.

Braverman’s compensation last year was a roughly 59% increase from the $9.2 million in total compensation he received the year prior, when he and several other senior Disney executives took pay cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic shuttering theaters, theme parks, and cruise lines.

Disney announced last summer that Braverman would retire at year’s end after almost two decades as its legal chief. In December, ...