About

Jason Klurfeld is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Evercore, responsible for the firm's legal and compliance functions, and a member of the Firm's Management Committee.

Prior to joining Evercore in June 2011, he was a corporate and transactional attorney focusing primarily on mergers, acquisitions, financings, strategic investments and other corporate law matters at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York from 2006 to 2011 and at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C. from 2004 to 2006. Earlier he served in government as an aide to New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

He earned a B.A. in economics from Hamilton College, a Masters in History from Oxford University (St. Antony's College), and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Roles

Evercore Inc.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary · Current role
Present
Office of U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Aide
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Corporate and Transactional Attorney · Based in Washington, D.C.
2004 – 2006
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Corporate and Transactional Attorney · Based in New York; focused on M&A, financings and strategic investments.
2006 – 2011

External Roles

Penn Law Institute for Law & Economics
Board of Advisors

Fixed Compensation

FY 2025
Salary
$500,000
ComponentAnnual base salary
Total 2025 compensation
$6,500,000

Performance Compensation

Data from FY 2025

Cash incentive

Annual cash incentive
$3,000,000
FormCash
Target Opportunity
Evaluation periodFY2025

Stock awards

Incentive RSUs
$3,000,000
FormRestricted stock units
VestingEqual installments over 4 years
GrantedFebruary 2026, for 2025 performance
One-time RSU grant
$5,792,100
Shares30,000 RSUs
Grant dateMarch 10, 2025
NoteNon-recurring; outside the annual incentive program

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