{"id":147553,"date":"2026-03-30T15:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/30\/general-counsel-nearly-doubles-his-salary-after-closing-major-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:44:21","slug":"general-counsel-nearly-doubles-his-salary-after-closing-major-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/03\/30\/general-counsel-nearly-doubles-his-salary-after-closing-major-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"General Counsel Nearly Doubles His Salary After Closing Major Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. Note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Capital One General Counsel Matthew Cooper\u2019s compensation package went up a stunning 93% last year in recognition for closing the acquisition of which rival credit card company?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Cooper\u2019s payday rose to $15.6 million in 2025 and he took over the task of integrating the newly acquired business into Capital One.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/general-counsel-nearly-doubles-his-salary-after-closing-major-acquisition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">General Counsel Nearly Doubles His Salary After Closing Major Acquisition<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/GettyImages-915194312-300x257.jpg?resize=300%2C257&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"post-single__featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Image via Getty)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><u>Ed. Note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Capital One General Counsel Matthew Cooper\u2019s compensation package went up a stunning 93% last year in recognition for closing the acquisition of which rival credit card company?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: Cooper\u2019s payday rose to $15.6 million in 2025 and he took over the task of integrating the newly acquired business into Capital One.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/general-counsel-nearly-doubles-his-salary-after-closing-major-acquisition\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/03\/general-counsel-nearly-doubles-his-salary-after-closing-major-acquisition\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. 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