His Job Is Helping Make Sure Corporate Executives Get Paid

Sports stars have agents batting on their behalf. Company executives have Michael Sirkin.

Sirkin is a rarity among corporate America’s army of lawyers: His specialty is making sure its top leaders get paid. For the past four decades, he’s been a go-to agent for chief executive officers at some of the world’s largest companies, helping them score lucrative contracts.

Since retiring from law firm Proskauer in 2019, his focus has narrowed to executives at companies bought by private equity firms.

Sirkin is the U.S. chairman of Jamieson Corporate Finance, a London-based advisory shop that specializes in representing management teams ...