Jared L. Landaw is the General Counsel of The Eastern Company (Nasdaq: EML), an international manufacturer of engineered products with operations across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Asia. From 2021 to 2024, he served as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: TAST), a publicly traded company operating approximately 1,100 restaurants in 23 states with over 25,000 employees. In 2024, Carrols was sold to Restaurant Brands International in a successful transaction that he helped lead internally.

Prior to joining Carrols, Mr. Landaw was the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Barington Capital Group, L.P., a registered investment advisor; the Vice President – Law at International Specialty Products Inc. (formerly NYSE: ISP), a global manufacturing company; and an attorney in the M&A practice group at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.

Mr. Landaw holds a B.A. from Colgate University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Managing Editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. He has served as a director of two publicly traded companies and has authored several articles on public company corporate governance.