Broadcom Inc.’s takeover of VMware Inc., an 18-month saga that ended in November, eventually led to the top lawyers at the two companies collectively earning almost $42 million in compensation, securities filings show.
Mark Brazeal, Broadcom’s chief legal and corporate affairs officer, received almost $15.5 million in total compensation last year, with $14.3 million of that sum in stock awards, the company disclosed in a proxy statement filed Feb. 26.
Amy Fliegelman Olli, VMware’s…