Martin L. Schmelkin
Partner
Advises on employment and employee benefits issues for clients primarily in the financial services sector, including hedge funds, private equity firms, asset managers and investment banks.
Marty has nearly 30 years of experience in employment law, representing clients in all aspects of the employment lifecycle, including counseling on recruitment, hiring, employment agreements, compensation, promotions, leaves, disciplinary action, terminations and separation agreements.
He has experience conducting workplace investigations on harassment and discrimination, advising on litigation strategy, coordinating the implementation of employment policies and programs across multiple global jurisdictions, and leading workplace training programs.
Marty has a wealth of experience with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs, including the interplay with Environmental Social Governance (ESG) reporting.
He also counsels employers on regulatory filings, affirmative action programs, pay equity analyses and diversity demographic disclosures.
Marty brings a unique perspective to clients, having worked for 15 years in the legal department of Goldman Sachs, where he was a managing director and associate general counsel in the employment law group. While there he spent time in the firm's Hong Kong office covering employment law matters throughout Asia and also had responsibility for employment law in non-US offices in the Americas.
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Martin L. Schmelkin
Partner
Advises on employment and employee benefits issues for clients primarily in the financial services sector, including hedge funds, private equity firms, asset managers and investment banks.
Marty has nearly 30 years of experience in employment law, representing clients in all aspects of the employment lifecycle, including counseling on recruitment, hiring, employment agreements, compensation, promotions, leaves, disciplinary action, terminations and separation agreements.
He has experience conducting workplace investigations on harassment and discrimination, advising on litigation strategy, coordinating the implementation of employment policies and programs across multiple global jurisdictions, and leading workplace training programs.
Marty has a wealth of experience with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs, including the interplay with Environmental Social Governance (ESG) reporting.
He also counsels employers on regulatory filings, affirmative action programs, pay equity analyses and diversity demographic disclosures.
Marty brings a unique perspective to clients, having worked for 15 years in the legal department of Goldman Sachs, where he was a managing director and associate general counsel in the employment law group. While there he spent time in the firm's Hong Kong office covering employment law matters throughout Asia and also had responsibility for employment law in non-US offices in the Americas.