Sterlington Adds Executive Compensation Partner Jake Ebers from Kirkland & Ellis

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 17, 2026--

Sterlington PLLC announced today that Jake Ebers has joined the firm as a partner in its Executive Compensation practice, strengthening its capabilities across complex transactional and executive compensation matters. Ebers joins Sterlington from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner.

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Ebers advises founders, CEOs, management teams, and senior executives in connection with mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, IPOs, restructurings, and other transformative events. His practice focuses on the design and negotiation of equity incentive plans, transaction and retention bonuses, severance arrangements, and executive employment and change-in-control agreements. He also advises on compensation matters under U.S. tax, securities, and employment laws.

“Jake brings a level of excellence and experience that clients expect on their most important transactions,” said Christopher S. Harrison, Managing Partner of Sterlington. “We’re pleased to welcome him to the firm.”

Before joining Sterlington, Ebers was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, where he represented leading private equity firms, strategic buyers, and portfolio companies across a broad range of industries. Earlier in his career, he practiced labor and employment law at Reed Smith and served as an attorney with the New York State Department of Labor.

Ebers was recognized in 2026 by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Corporate Law. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from New York Law School and his B.A. from the University of Michigan. Ebers’ arrival reflects Sterlington’s continued strategic growth across its core practices.

About Sterlington

Sterlington PLLC is a full-service law firm focusing on complex corporate, litigation, executive compensation, and private wealth matters. As a firm, we focus on the economic as well as the legal aspects of our matters.

Among other strengths, Sterlington is the ultimate law firm for private capital, family offices, founders, and senior executives, as well as their related businesses.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tony Clark is resigning as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a person familiar with union’s deliberations said Tuesday.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because his decision, first reported by ESPN, had not been announced. The person said an announcement was likely later Tuesday.

Clark’s decision comes during an investigation by the U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, into One Team Partners, a licensing company founded by the union and the NFL Players Association.

The move was made ahead of an expected start of collective bargaining in April for an agreement to replace the five-year labor contract that expires Dec. 1. Management appears on track to propose a salary cap, which possibly could lead to a work stoppage that causes regular-season games to be canceled for the first time since 1985.

The union on Monday canceled Tuesday’s start of the staff’s annual tour of the 30 spring training camps.

Clark, 53, is a former All-Star first baseman who became the first player to head the Union.

He last played in 2008 and was a member of the union staff when Michael Weiner was diagnosed with brain tumor.

He took over as union head when Weiner died in late 2013 and led players through negotiations that led to agreements in 2016 and 2022, the latter after a 99-day lockout.

Bruce Meyer, who was the lead negotiator under Clark in 2021-22, was promoted to deputy executive director in the summer of 2022 and is slated to again head negotiation.

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FILE - Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark answers a question during a news conference in New York on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)