Lawyer Pay
Mo’ cash for Lionsgate high lawyer with 64% pay bump
Bruce Tobey attends Selection’s Energy of Regulation Breakfast on April 20, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Picture by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Selection)
The final counsel for movie studio Lionsgate earned $4.49 million throughout his first full 12 months within the function, the place he helped negotiate the corporate’s separation from TV community Starz and facilitated main transactions and synthetic intelligence methods.
In line with the proxy assertion filed by Lionsgate for fiscal 12 months ending March 31, basic counsel Bruce Tobey’s reported 2026 earnings of $4.49 million indicated a 64% enhance over the prior 12 months’s $2.74 million.
Law.com reports that the majority of the overall counsel’s compensation got here from money and fairness. He was paid a $1.2 million wage, a $1.25 million money bonus, $2.02 million in inventory and $17,882 in further compensation.
Tobey joined Lionsgate in March 2023 amid sweeping firm modifications. Beforehand, he spent over a decade as a associate at O’Melveny & Myers. Underneath his course, Lionsgate Studios and Starz have been separated into stand-alone public corporations. He additionally oversaw authorized operations tied to a $300 million fairness elevate and facilitated the collapse of Lionsgate’s dual-class share construction. He has additionally been given oversight of the studio’s AI initiatives.
Earlier this 12 months, Tobey signed a brand new employment settlement with Lionsgate that extends by March 2028.
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