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Exhibit 10.3

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between GLG Partners, Inc. (“GLG”) and
Alejandro San Miguel (the “Employee”) is made on this 16th day of May, 2010 (this or the
“Agreement”).

GLG and the Employee hereby agree to the continued employment of the Employee by GLG on the
following terms and conditions:

	1.	 	Commencement of Employment; Term of Agreement
	 
	1.1	 	The Employee’s employment under this Agreement commenced on January 1, 2010.
	 
	1.2	 	The initial term of the Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall continue until
December 31, 2010, unless such employment is sooner terminated pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement (the “Initial Term”). Upon the expiration of the Initial Term and any one-year
extension thereafter, the Initial Term or the extended term, as applicable, shall be
automatically extended for one additional year unless either party hereto gives the other
party at least six (6) months of advance written notice that he or it does not want such
extension to occur (a “Notice of Non-Extension”), in which case the Initial Term or the
extended term, as applicable, will not be further extended. Notwithstanding any extensions
beyond the Initial Term, the Employee’s employment may be sooner terminated pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement. Hereinafter, the period of the Employee’s employment under this
Agreement, including beyond the Initial Term if applicable, will be referred to as the “Term.”
	 
	2.	 	Duties
	 
	2.1	 	The Employee shall, during the Term, serve GLG in the capacity of General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary, and shall report to the Co-Chief Executive Officers of GLG (or, if there
is only one Chief Executive Officer of GLG, then to that individual) and to the Board of
Directors of GLG (the “Board”). The Employee’s duties shall include, but not be limited to,
those typical of the chief legal officer of a United States publicly-traded financial services
company and its corporate secretary, and such other duties as may be required by GLG from time
to time consistent therewith, or where not, by agreement between the parties hereto.
	 
	2.2	 	During the Term, the Employee shall:

	 	(a)	 	at all times and in all respects conform to and comply with the lawful and
reasonable directions of GLG, and, to the extent applicable to the Employee, conform to
and comply with all rules or codes of conduct and statements of principle in force from
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	 	 	 	relation to the business of GLG or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “GLG
Entities”);
	 
	 	(b)	 	unless prevented by sickness or other incapacity, or otherwise as directed by
GLG, devote the whole of his time, attention, and abilities during hours of work (which
shall be normal business hours and such additional hours as may be necessary for the
proper performance of his duties) to the business and affairs of the GLG Entities;
	 
	 	(c)	 	work at GLG’s offices in New York, New York or such other place of business of
GLG in the New York City greater metropolitan area as GLG may reasonably require for the
proper performance of the Employee’s duties; provided that the Employee shall be
required to travel from time to time on reasonable notice for reasonable periods of time
for business purposes; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	not, without the prior written consent of GLG, directly or indirectly carry on or
be engaged, concerned, or interested in any other business, trade, or occupation that is
in competition with the business of any GLG Entity, other than as a holder directly or
through nominees of not more than three percent (3%) in the aggregate of any class of
shares, debentures, or other securities in issue from time to time of any company that
is publicly-traded on any recognized stock exchange.

	2.3	 	The Employee shall not, without the prior consent of GLG, either directly or indirectly,
publish any opinion, fact, or material, or deliver any lecture or address, or participate in
the making of any film, radio broadcast, or television transmission, or communicate with any
representative of the media or any third party (a) relating to the business or affairs of the
GLG Entities, or relating to any of their officers, employees, members, partners, clients,
suppliers, distributors, agents, or shareholders, or (b) relating to the development or
exploitation of Intellectual Property (as defined in clause 10.1). For the purpose of this
clause, “media” shall include television (terrestrial, satellite, and cable), internet, radio,
newspapers, and other journalistic publications. This clause 2.3 will not apply to
communications made by the Employee to any attorney, accountant, investment banker, other
professional and advisor of any GLG Entity, or any other person to the extent such
communication is reasonably consistent with the Employee’s duties to GLG.
	 
	3.	 	Salary
	 
	3.1	 	During the Term, GLG will pay the Employee a salary in cash at a rate equal to a gross amount
of $500,000 per annum, from which tax and other withholdings will be deducted. This amount
will be paid to the Employee in equal monthly installments.

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	4.	 	Bonus
	 
	4.1	 	The Employee will, during the Term, be eligible for a discretionary bonus, payable by GLG on
an annual basis, from which tax and other withholdings will be deducted. Bonuses are based on
numerous factors, including the performance of the GLG Entities and the Employee’s individual
contribution, and, except as otherwise set forth in this clause 4, are not guaranteed. Any
bonus will be paid in cash, except to the extent that GLG determines, in its sole discretion,
to pay all or a portion of such bonus in the form of an equity award or awards under GLG’s
equity incentive plan as in effect from time to time, provided that any such determination by
GLG applies equally, and to the same extent, to the Employee and all other similarly-situated
employees and service providers of the GLG Entities. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, any
bonus paid to the Employee under clause 4.2 will be paid in cash except to the extent the
Employee consents otherwise.
	 
	4.2	 	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause 4.1, during the Term, for each calendar
year in which the Employee is employed by GLG for the full calendar year, GLG will pay the
Employee a cash bonus of no less than $1 million, from which tax and other withholdings will
be deducted. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the Employee will be entitled to receive all
or a portion of such bonus in the event his employment with GLG is terminated under certain
circumstances before the end of a calendar year, as set forth in clause 8.
	 
	4.3	 	In order to be eligible to receive any bonus under clauses 4.1 and 4.2, except as otherwise
provided in clause 8, the Employee must be actively employed by GLG and not serving out any
period of notice (such as the notice period given prior to termination) on the date that such
bonus is to be paid to the Employee. Any bonus under clauses 4.1 and 4.2 will be paid to the
Employee no later than December 31 of the calendar year in which it is earned.
	 
	5.	 	Equity Incentive Awards
	 
	5.1	 	The Employee shall receive such equity incentive awards as the Compensation Committee of the
Board (the “Compensation Committee”) may determine in its sole discretion from time to time.
Such equity incentive awards may include, without limitation, grants of stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, and/or restricted stock units. The terms and
conditions of each equity incentive award will be set forth in a definitive award agreement to
be entered into by the parties hereto, including a provision that such award will become fully
vested at such time as Noam Gottesman no longer serves as GLG’s Co-Chief Executive Officer or
Chief Executive Officer.
	 
	5.2	 	Notwithstanding anything in this clause 5 to the contrary, the Employee will only receive an
equity incentive award if, at the time the award is granted, he is actively employed by

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	 	 	GLG and not serving out any
period of notice (such as the
notice period given prior to
termination).
	 
	6.	 	Expenses
	 
	6.1	 	GLG shall reimburse the Employee in respect of all reasonable travelling, accommodation,
entertainment, and other similar out-of-pocket expenses wholly, exclusively, and necessarily
incurred by the Employee in or about the performance of his duties, including, without
limitation, cell phone and blackberry services expenses, provided that any expense claims are
supported by relevant documentation and are made in accordance with GLG’s expenses policy from
time to time in force. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, for all business-related travel,
the Employee will be entitled to reimbursement for first class airfare and hotel of his
choosing, subject to the Employee exercising reasonable professional judgment in incurring
such expenses.
	 
	7.	 	Benefits and Vacation
	 
	7.1	 	During the Term, and provided that the Employee satisfies, and continues to satisfy, any
individual plan eligibility requirements, the Employee shall be entitled to participate in,
and receive benefits under, any pension benefit plan, welfare benefit plan (including, without
limitation, health insurance), vacation benefit plan, or other employee benefit plan made
available by GLG to its senior employees based in its New York City offices. In addition,
during the Term, the Employee will be provided with fringe benefits to the same extent that
such benefits are provided by GLG to its senior management employees. Any such plan or
benefit arrangement may be amended, modified, or terminated by GLG from time to time with or
without notice to the Employee.
	 
	7.2	 	During the Term, GLG will provide the Employee with an experienced executive assistant, hired
by the Employee on behalf of GLG pursuant to terms acceptable and approved in advance by GLG’s
Co-Chief Executive Officers (or if there is only one Chief Executive Officer, then by that
individual).
	 
	8.	 	Termination of Employment
	 
	8.1	 	By the Employee Without Good Reason. The Employee may terminate his employment
without Good Reason (as defined in Exhibit A) by giving to GLG not less than three (3) months
of notice in writing. Except as otherwise set forth in Exhibit A, the delivery of a Notice of
Non-Extension under clause 1.2 by the Employee to GLG will be treated as a termination without
Good Reason by the Employee.
	 
	8.2	 	By GLG Without Cause. GLG may terminate the Employee’s employment without Cause (as
defined in Exhibit B) by giving to the Employee not less than six (6) months of notice in
writing, except as otherwise provided in clause 8.6. The delivery of a Notice of Non-

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	 	 	Extension under clause 1.2 by GLG to the Employee will be treated as a termination without
Cause by GLG.
	 
	 	 	In the event of a termination without Cause, GLG will pay to the Employee, subject to clauses
8.6 and 8.10, on the thirtieth (30th) day following his employment termination date, a
payment in an amount equal to:

	 	(a)	 	the Employee’s annual bonus under clause 4.2 and any discretionary bonus under
clause 4.1 awarded to the Employee for the year preceding the year in which the
termination without Cause is effective, but only to the extent that such bonuses for
such preceding year have not been paid, plus
	 
	 	(b)	 	a pro-rata portion of the Employee’s annual bonus under clause 4.2 for the year
in which the termination without Cause is effective (such pro-rata portion to be
calculated on a straight line basis from the beginning of the year through the date on
which the Employee’s employment is terminated without Cause), plus
	 
	 	(c)	 	fifty percent (50%) of the Employee’s annual salary under clause 3.1, plus
	 
	 	(d)	 	fifty percent (50%) of the annual bonus payable to the Employee under clause 4.2.

	 	 	Alternatively, in lieu of advance notice, GLG may, in its absolute discretion, terminate the
employment of the Employee without Cause with immediate effect by paying the Employee,
subject to clauses 8.6 and 8.10, in a lump sum on the thirtieth (30th) day following his
employment termination date, the amounts set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c), and (d) of the
preceding paragraph, except that the references to “fifty percent (50%)” in clauses (c) and
(d) will be replaced with references to “one hundred percent (100%)”.
	 
	8.3	 	By GLG With Cause. The Employee’s employment may be terminated by GLG with Cause in
accordance with this clause 8.3 and Exhibit B.
	 
	8.4	 	By the Employee with Good Reason. The Employee may terminate his employment with
Good Reason in accordance with this clause 8.4 and Exhibit A.
	 
	 	 	In the event of a termination of the Employee’s employment with Good Reason, GLG will pay the
Employee, subject to clauses 8.6 and 8.10, in a lump sum on the thirtieth (30th) day
following of his employment termination date, the amounts set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c),
and (d) of clause 8.2, except that the references to “fifty percent (50%)” in clauses (c) and
(d) will be replaced with references to “one hundred percent (100%)”.
	 
	8.5	 	Death and Disability.

(a) The Employee’s employment will automatically terminate upon his death. Further, GLG
reserves the right to terminate the Employee’s employment at any time during which the
Employee has a “Disability.”

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For purposes of this Agreement, a “Disability” means a physical or mental impairment that
prevents the Employee from performing the essential duties of his position, with or without
reasonable accommodation, for (i) a period of sixty (60) consecutive calendar days, or
(ii) an aggregate of ninety (90) work days in any six (6) month period. A determination that
the Employee has incurred a Disability will be made by GLG, in its sole discretion, but in
consultation with a physician selected by GLG and who works in the New York City greater
metropolitan area, provided that such selected physician consults with the Employee’s
physician in addition to any examination of the Employee and/or other tests on the Employee
that such selected physician performs or orders to be performed, and the Employee hereby
agrees to submit to any such examinations and/or other tests from time to time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any termination of employment due to a “Disability” will be
made in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

(b) In the event of a termination of the Employee’s employment due to death or Disability,
GLG will pay the Employee or his estate, as applicable, his salary under clause 3.1 through
the employment termination date. In such case, GLG will also pay to the Employee or his
estate, as applicable, subject to clause 8.10 in the event of a termination of the Employee’s
employment due to Disability, in a lump sum on the thirtieth (30th) day following his
employment termination date, the amounts set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of clause 8.2.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Employee’s employment with GLG is
terminated due to his death or by GLG due to Disability, in either case during the one-year
period ending on, and including, the first anniversary of a Change of Control (or if such
first anniversary date is not a business day in either London, England or New York, New York,
then the first such business day following such first anniversary date), the Employee (or his
estate, as applicable), in lieu of any payments under clause 8.5(b), shall be entitled to
receive the payments and benefits under Section 8.6.

(d) In the event that the Employee’s employment with GLG is terminated due to his death or by
GLG due to Disability, in either case during the pendency of a Potential Change of Control
and a Change of Control then occurs before the expiration of the pendency of that Potential
Change of Control, the Employee (or his estate, as applicable) shall be entitled to such
additional payments, health insurance benefits (for his covered spouse and dependents), and
vesting of equity incentive awards as would have been made or provided under clause 8.6, as
if the Employee’s employment was terminated thereunder with Good Reason immediately following
the occurrence of a Change of Control, in excess of the amount of the payments made or to be
made to the Employee (or his estate) under clause 8.5(b), but only if the Change of Control
satisfies the definition of “change in control event” set forth in Final Treasury Regulation
§ 1.409A-3(i)(5). Any such additional payments will be made upon the later of (I) the
thirtieth (30th) day following the Employee’s employment termination date and (II) the date
on which the

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Change of Control occurs, and in either case subject to clause 8.11 except in the event of
the Employee’s death, and any such health insurance benefits will be provided, to the extent
permitted under the terms of the applicable plan, through the second anniversary of the
Employee’s employment termination date, and any such vesting of equity incentive awards will
be effective as of the date on which the Change of Control occurs.

	8.6	 	Following a Change of Control or During the Pendency of a Potential Change of
Control.
	 
	 	 	In the event that (1) the Employee’s employment with GLG is terminated by GLG without Cause
or by the Employee with Good Reason, in either case following a Change of Control (as defined
in Exhibit C) or during the pendency of a Potential Change of Control (as defined in Exhibit
D) or (2) the Employee’s employment with GLG is terminated due to his death or by GLG due to
Disability, in either case during the one-year period ending on, and including, the first
anniversary of a Change of Control (or if such first anniversary date is not a business day
in either London, England or New York, New York, then the first such business day following
such first anniversary date), then, in lieu of any payments or benefits under clauses 8.2,
8.4, or 8.5(b), as applicable, and without GLG being required to provide advance notice under
clause 8.2 in the event of a termination without Cause, the Employee shall be entitled to
receive payment of the following amounts and benefits, subject to clause 8.10:

	 	(a)	 	on the thirtieth (30th) day following his employment termination date, payment of
the Employee’s annual bonus under clause 4.2 and any discretionary bonus under clause
4.1 awarded to the Employee for the year preceding the year in which the Employee’s
employment is terminated, but only to the extent that such bonus for such preceding year
has not been paid;
	 
	 	(b)	 	on the thirtieth (30th) day following his employment termination date, payment of
a pro-rata portion of the Employee’s annual bonus under clause 4.2 for the year in which
his employment terminates (calculated on a straight-line basis from the beginning of the
year through the employment termination date) and, in GLG’s discretion, a discretionary
bonus under clause 4.1 for the year in which his employment terminates, and in
exercising such discretion, GLG may, but is not required to, take into account any
amount that has been accrued on the management accounts of GLG for such a discretionary
bonus for the year in which his employment terminates;
	 
	 	(c)	 	on the thirtieth (30th) day following his employment termination date, a payment
equal to the lesser of (i) two times the Employee’s Annual Compensation (as defined
below) and (ii) $5 million;
	 
	 	(d)	 	to the extent permitted under the terms of the applicable plan, two years of
continued coverage for the Employee and his covered spouse and dependents

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	 	 	 	under GLG’s health insurance plan (medical and dental) under the same terms and
conditions that are applicable to senior employees of GLG then employed in New York
City, provided that (i) to the extent any such benefit is provided via reimbursement to
the Employee, no such reimbursement will be made by GLG later than the end of the year
following the year in which the underlying expense is incurred, (ii) any such benefit
provided by GLG in any year will not be affected by the amount of any such benefit
provided by GLG in any other year, subject to any maximum benefit limitations under the
applicable plan’s terms, and (iii) under no circumstances will the Employee be
permitted to liquidate or exchange any such benefit for cash or any other benefit; and
	 
	 	(e)	 	immediate vesting of any outstanding equity incentive awards made to the Employee
under clauses 4.1 or 5 or under any prior employment agreement between the Employee and
GLG, and specifically including the restricted stock agreements listed in clause 13.1.

	 	 	For purposes of clause 8.6(c), “Annual Compensation” shall mean the average of the Employee’s
total compensation for 2007, 2008, and 2009, as such total compensation is set forth in the
“Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table contained in GLG’s Proxy Statement for the
2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
	 
	8.7	 	Additional Payments

	 	8.7.1	 	Payments under this Agreement or any other arrangement of GLG covering the
Employee (including, without limitation, vesting of awards under GLG’s equity incentive
plans) shall be made without regard to whether the deductibility of such payments (or
any other “parachute payments,” as that term is defined in Section 280G of the Internal
Revenue Code (“Section 280G”), to or for the benefit of the Employee) would be limited
or precluded by Section 280G and without regard to whether such payments (or any other
parachute payments) would subject the Employee to the federal excise tax levied on
certain “excess parachute payments” under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code
(the “Excise Tax”).
	 
	 	8.7.2	 	The Employee shall be entitled to receive a payment (the “Gross-Up Payment”)
which shall be an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Excise Tax imposed on any
parachute payment, whether or not such parachute payment is payable under this
Agreement, and (b) the amount necessary to pay all additional taxes imposed on (or
economically borne by) the Employee (including the Excise Tax, federal, state, local,
and foreign income and employment taxes, and all applicable withholding taxes) and
reimburse the Employee for expenses due to a tax audit or litigation, in each case
attributable to the receipt of “parachute payments” and the Gross-Up Payment.

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	 	8.7.3	 	The initial determination of the Gross-Up Payment shall be made at GLG’s
expense by GLG’s independent auditors or by such other certified public accounting firm
as the Board may designate prior to a Change of Control (the “Accountants”) and a copy
of such initial determination (and any underlying calculations) will be provided to the
Employee forthwith upon the completion of such initial determination; provided that,
prior to completing such initial determination, the Employee will be provided with a
written draft of such determination (which he may share with his legal and tax
advisors) and a period of thirty (30) days during which the Employee (and his advisors)
may submit comments to the Accountants regarding such draft determination.
	 
	 	8.7.4	 	The Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Employee, subject to clause 8.10, at
the same time the amounts under clause 8.6 are paid to the Employee, or, if later,
within five (5) business days following the initial determination by the Accountants
that the Gross-Up Payment is due.
	 
	 	8.7.5	 	In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined by the Accountants
or the Internal Revenue Service to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder
at the time the Gross-Up Payment is made, the Employee shall repay to GLG, at the time
that the amount of such reduction in the Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion
of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus the portion of the
Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal, state, and local income
and employment tax imposed on the portion of the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by the
Employee if such repayment results in a reduction in the Excise Tax or a federal,
state, and local income or employment tax deduction). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in the event that any portion of the Gross-Up Payment to be refunded to GLG has been
paid to any federal, state, local, or foreign tax authority, repayment thereof (and
related amounts) shall not be required until actual refund or credit of such portion
has been made to the Employee, and interest payable to GLG shall not exceed the
interest received or credited to the Employee by such tax authority for the period it
held such portion, provided that the Employee’s obligation to repay shall be net of any
federal, state, local, or foreign income or employment taxes imposed on the Employee on
receipt of such refund or credit. The Employee and GLG shall cooperate in good faith
in determining the course of action to be pursued (and the method of allocating the
expense thereof) if the Employee’s claim for a refund or credit is denied. However, if
agreement cannot be reached, GLG shall decide the appropriate course of action to
pursue, provided that the action does not adversely impact any issues the Employee may
have with respect to his tax return, other than the Excise Tax.

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	 	8.7.6	 	In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined by the Accountants
or the Internal Revenue Service to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at
the time the Gross-Up Payment is made (including by reason of any payment the existence
or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), GLG shall
make an additional Gross-Up Payment to or for the benefit of the Employee in respect of
such excess at the time that the amount of such excess is finally determined.
	 
	 	8.7.7	 	In the event of any controversy with the Internal Revenue Service (or other
taxing authority) with regard to the Excise Tax, the Employee shall permit GLG to
control issues related to the Excise Tax (at GLG’s expense), provided that such issues
do not potentially materially adversely affect the Employee. In the event issues are
interrelated, the Employee and GLG shall in good faith cooperate so as not to
jeopardize resolution of either issue. In the event of any conference with any taxing
authority as to the Excise Tax or associated income taxes, the Employee shall permit
the representative of GLG to accompany the Employee, and the Employee and the
Employee’s representative shall cooperate with GLG and its representative.
	 
	 	8.7.8	 	GLG and the Employee shall promptly deliver to each other copies of any
written communications, and summaries of any verbal communications, with any taxing
authority regarding the Excise Tax.
	 
	 	8.7.9	 	Notwithstanding anything in this clause 8.7 to the contrary, to satisfy the
express requirements under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”),
and without in any way limiting the obligation of GLG to make payments in accordance
with the prior paragraphs of this clause 8.7, the parties hereto agree that (I) in no
event will any Gross-Up Payment or any underpayment be made to the Employee later than
the end of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
Employee remits the related taxes to the applicable government authority, and (II) in
no event will the reimbursement of expenses incurred due to a tax audit or litigation
addressing the existence or amount of a tax liability be made to the Employee later
than the end of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
taxes that are the subject of the audit or litigation are remitted to the applicable
government authority or, where as a result of such audit or litigation no taxes are
remitted, the end of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which
the audit is completed or there is a final and non-appealable settlement or other
resolution of the litigation.

	8.8	 	GLG is not under any obligation to provide the Employee with any work, and GLG may suspend
the Employee or place him on a leave of absence without duties, exclude the Employee from all
or any premises of GLG, and/or require that the Employee not contact

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	 	 	any colleagues or clients, not work on any GLG matters or projects, and not access electronic
data in GLG’s offices via home computers, modems, or otherwise:

	 	8.8.1	 	for any period in connection with any investigation into (a) any alleged
misconduct or neglect by the Employee or (b) any alleged action or inaction that may
constitute Cause under Exhibit B; or

	 	8.8.2	 	for any period not exceeding the applicable notice period after either party
has given notice of termination of employment;

	 	 	provided that throughout such period the Employee’s salary under clause 3.1, bonus under
clause 4.2, and benefits under clause 7.1 shall continue to be paid or provided by GLG in
accordance with those clauses, and further provided that any amount payable to the Employee
in respect of clause 8.8.2 will be paid to the Employee pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, but no later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in
which the Employee ceases to perform services for GLG unless such amount is subject to clause
8.10 or such amount would be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A even if such amount
were not paid to the Employee by such March 15 date. The Employee acknowledges and agrees
that, during any period of suspension, all obligations and duties of the Employee contained
in this Agreement (other than those suspended as set out in this clause 8.8) will continue to
have full force and effect. Notwithstanding anything in this clause 8.8 to the contrary,
consistent with clause 13.9, any suspension or leave of absence of the Employee will cease
and the Employee’s employment will be terminated at the time he incurs a “separation from
service” (as defined under Section 409A).
	 
	8.9	 	GLG reserves the right to condition any compensation under this clause 8 upon the Employee’s
execution of a customary general release (which general release will exclude from its terms,
and will not waive or release, any continuing obligations that GLG has to the Employee under
this Agreement or under any restricted stock agreement between GLG and the Employee and any
right the Employee has immediately prior to the employment termination date to be indemnified
by any GLG Entity or any predecessor of any GLG Entity) and such general release becoming
effective, which execution and effectiveness must occur before the thirtieth (30th) day
following the Employee’s employment termination date (or, to the extent clause 8.10 operates
to delay payment of the compensation at issue, before the date that such compensation is to be
paid to the Employee under clause 8.10). GLG will provide any such general release to the
Employee before, on, or promptly following the employment termination date.
	 
	8.10	 	To the extent that any amount payable or benefit to be provided under this Agreement
constitutes an amount payable or benefit to be provided under a “nonqualified deferred
compensation plan” (as defined in Section 409A) that is not exempt from Section 409A, and such
amount or benefit is payable or to be provided as a result of a “separation from

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	 	 	service” (as defined in Section 409A), including any amount payable or benefit to be provided
under this clause 8, and the Employee is a “specified employee” (as defined and determined
under Section 409A and any relevant procedures that GLG may establish) at the time of his
“separation from service,” then, notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the
contrary, such payment or benefit will not be made or provided to the Employee until the day
after the date that is six (6) months following the Employee’s “separation from service,” at
which time all payments or benefits that otherwise would have been paid or provided to the
Employee under this Agreement during that six-month period, but were not paid or provided
because of this clause 8.10, will be paid or provided, with any cash payment to be made in a
single lump sum. This six-month delay will cease to be applicable after the Employee’s
death.
	 
	8.11	 	Upon the termination of his employment (for whatever reason and howsoever arising), the
Employee shall not at any time thereafter make any untrue or misleading oral or written
statement concerning the business and affairs of any GLG Entity, nor represent himself or
permit himself to be held out as being in any way connected with or interested in the business
of any GLG Entity (except as a former employee for the purpose of communicating with
prospective employers, responding to requests from government regulators, or complying with
any applicable law or Ethical Rule (as defined in clause 12.7), or as a holder of any
outstanding equity award granted to the Employee).
	 
	9.	 	Confidential Information
	 
	9.1	 	“Confidential Information” means any information that belongs to any GLG Entity, or any of
their clients or suppliers, including, without limitation, Intellectual Property (as defined
in clause 10.1), technical data, market data, trade secrets, research, business plans, product
information, projects, services, client lists, client preferences, client transactions,
supplier lists, supplier rates, hardware, technology, inventions, developments, processes,
formulas, designs, marketing methods and strategies, pricing strategies, sales methods,
financial information, transactional information, corporate and tax structures, revenue
figures, account information, credit information, financing arrangements, information
disclosed to the Employee by any GLG Entity in confidence directly or indirectly, information
that the Employee ought reasonably to understand is confidential, and information in respect
of which any GLG Entity is bound by an obligation of confidence to a third party, and whether
in writing (including via email), orally, or by electronic records, drawings, pictures, or
inspection of tangible property.
	 
	9.2	 	The Employee acknowledges that, during the course of his employment with GLG, the Employee
has had and will have access to Confidential Information. The Employee agrees, both during
the term of his employment and following its termination, that he has and will continue to
hold the Confidential Information in the strictest confidence, and that he has not and will
not use or attempt to use, other than in the proper performance of the Employee’s duties, the
Confidential Information except for the benefit of the GLG

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	 	 	Entities, and he has not and will not disclose any Confidential Information to any other
person or entity without the prior written authorization of GLG. This obligation is in
addition to, and not in lieu of, the confidentiality obligations that the Employee has to
the GLG Entities as an attorney for the GLG Entities.
	 
	9.3	 	Subject to the confidentiality obligations that the Employee has to the GLG Entities as an
attorney for the GLG Entities, the restrictions of clause 9.2 do not apply to any Confidential
Information that (a) has entered into the public domain other than by a breach of this
Agreement or other obligation of confidentiality of which the Employee is aware, or (b) solely
to the extent and for the duration required, is required to be disclosed under a
validly-issued court order, pursuant to a request by government regulators, or pursuant to any
law or Ethical Rule (as defined in clause 12.7) applicable to the Employee, and which
disclosure the GLG Entities, following the Employee’s immediate notification to GLG of such
requirement, is unable legally to prevent.
	 
	9.4	 	The Employee will be required, and hereby agrees, to execute any additional confidentiality
agreements with any GLG Entity in such form as will be reasonably required by GLG or such GLG
Entity.
	 
	9.5	 	Following the termination of the Employee’s employment with GLG, or at any time during its
continuance upon request by GLG, the Employee will promptly deliver to GLG and not keep in his
possession, recreate, or deliver to any other person or entity, any and all property that
belongs to any GLG Entity, or that belongs to any other third party and is in the Employee’s
possession as a result of his employment with GLG, including, without limitation, any
Confidential Information, computer hardware and software, palm pilots, pagers, cell phones,
blackberries, other electronic equipment, records, data, client lists and information, notes,
reports, correspondence, financial information, corporate information, account information,
files, and other documents and information, including any and all copies of the foregoing.
	 
	10.	 	Intellectual Property
	 
	10.1	 	“Intellectual Property” means any rights in or to intellectual property including, without
limitation, patents, trade marks, service marks, design rights, copyrights, utility models,
inventions, drawings, rights in computer programs (including both object code and source
code), and whether registered or unregistered, applications for registration of any of the
foregoing and the right to apply for them in any part of the world, and rights of like nature
arising or subsisting anywhere in the world in relation to all of the foregoing.
	 
	10.2	 	The Employee agrees that all Intellectual Property that the Employee creates or discovers
during the course of or as a result of his employment with GLG and that relates to or is
capable of being used in the business of any GLG Entity shall vest automatically in and belong
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	 	 	not have any rights or licences in such Intellectual Property except as explicitly granted
in writing to him by GLG.
	 
	10.3	 	If, at any time in the course of the Employee’s employment, the Employee makes or discovers
or participates in the making or discovery of any Intellectual Property relating to or capable
of being used in the business of any GLG Entity, then the Employee shall immediately disclose
full details of such Intellectual Property to GLG, and at the expense of GLG the Employee
shall do all things necessary or desirable for obtaining appropriate forms of protection for
the Intellectual Property in such parts of the world as may be specified by GLG and for
vesting all rights in the same in GLG or its nominee.
	 
	10.4	 	The Employee hereby irrevocably appoints GLG or its nominee to be the Employee’s agent to
sign any instrument, or to execute or do any act, on the Employee’s behalf in order to give
GLG or its nominee the full benefit of this clause 10, and in favor of any third party a
certificate in writing signed by an officer of GLG that any instrument or act falls within the
authority of GLG conferred by this clause 10 shall be conclusive evidence that such is the
case.
	 
	10.5	 	The Employee hereby waives all of the Employee’s moral rights, if any, in respect of any acts
of any GLG Entity or any party acting on its authority, in relation to any Intellectual
Property that is the property of or licensed to GLG, its nominee, or any GLG Entity by virtue
of this clause 10.
	 
	10.6	 	The Employee agrees that he has disclosed in writing all Intellectual Property that was made
or discovered by the Employee prior to the commencement of his employment with GLG, or that
belongs to the Employee either solely or jointly with others (each such item referred to as a
“Prior Invention” and collectively as “Prior Inventions”). Other than as so disclosed, the
Employee agrees and acknowledges that there are no Prior Inventions. If, in the course of the
Employee’s employment with GLG, the Employee incorporates a Prior Invention into any product,
software, business material, process, service, or machine of any GLG Entity, then the GLG
Entities are hereby granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide
license (with the right to sublicense) to make, have made, copy, modify, make derivative works
of, use, sell, and otherwise distribute such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with
such product, software, business material, process, service, or machine.
	 
	10.7	 	The Employee shall keep and maintain adequate and up to date written records of all
Intellectual Property made or discovered by the Employee (either solely or jointly with
others) during his employment with GLG. The records may be in the form of notes, sketches,
drawings, flow charts, electronic data or recordings, laboratory notebooks, or any similar
format appropriate to the relevant Intellectual Property and/or required from time to time by
GLG. The records will be available to and remain the sole property of GLG at all times, and
the Employee shall not perform any action with such records

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	 	 	(other than to maintain them in an up to date state) without the express permission of GLG,
such permission to be at the sole discretion of GLG.
	 
	10.8	 	All rights and obligations of the Employee under this clause 10 shall continue in full force
and effect after the termination of his employment and shall be binding upon the Employee’s
heirs, assigns, and personal representatives.
	 
	11.	 	Further Obligations of the Employee
	 
	11.1	 	The Employee shall, during his employment and (where appropriate) after its termination,
comply (and, if applicable, shall procure that his spouse and minor children shall comply)
with all applicable rules of law, regulations, and codes of conduct of any GLG Entity in
effect from time to time in relation to dealings in shares, debentures, or other securities,
and the Employee shall, in relation to any dealings in securities of foreign companies, comply
with all laws of any foreign state affecting dealings in the securities of such companies.
	 
	11.2	 	The Employee represents that his employment with GLG does not violate any prior agreement
with a former employer or third party. Should the Employee breach such representation, the
Employee agrees to indemnify the GLG Entities on demand for any and all damages (including,
without limitation, legal fees) that any GLG Entity incurs as a result of the Employee’s
breach of such representation.
	 
	12.	 	Restrictive Covenants
	 
	12.1	 	For the purpose of this clause 12, the following expressions shall have the following
respective meanings:

	 	12.1.1	 	“Business” means the management, investment management, and investment advisory
businesses, and the business of structuring, establishing, marketing, distributing, and
managing investment funds, as carried on by any GLG Entity on the Employee’s termination
date.
	 
	 	12.1.2	 	“Key Employee” means any person who, at the Employee’s employment termination date, is
employed or engaged by any GLG Entity (a) with whom the Employee has had material
contact during the course of his employment with GLG, and (b) either (i) is employed or
engaged in the capacity of providing legal services or advice, or marketing or managing
fund assets, or (ii) is in the possession of Confidential Information, or (iii) is
directly managed by or reports to the Employee; and in the event that any person is
found to have been solicited or hired by the Employee prior to the Employee’s
termination date and such person would have been a Key Employee on the Employee’s
termination date but for the actions of the Employee, then such person will also be
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	 	 	 	Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee’s executive assistant
referenced in clause 7.2 will not be considered to be a Key Employee.
	 
	 	12.1.3	 	“Restricted Area” means the United States, the United Kingdom, and any other country
in which the Employee has undertaken his duties to a material extent at any time during
the period of twelve (12) months immediately preceding the Employee’s employment
termination date.
	 
	 	12.1.4	 	“Restriction Period” means the period of the Employee’s employment with GLG, plus (a)
the period of twelve (12) months for purposes of clauses 12.3, 12.4.1, and 12.4.4, and
(b) the period of eighteen (18) months for purposes of clauses 12.4.2 and 12.4.3, with
the time periods in clauses (a) and (b) calculated from the Employee’s termination date.

	12.2	 	The Employee acknowledges that, during the course of his employment with GLG, he has had and
will have (a) access to Confidential Information, and/or (b) influence over or connection with
clients, employees, and other service providers of the GLG Entities, and accordingly, having
had the opportunity to take legal advice or voluntarily having waived such opportunity, is
willing to enter into the covenants described in this clause 12 in order to provide the GLG
Entities with reasonable protection for those interests.
	 
	12.3	 	Subject to clauses 12.5, 12.6, and 12.7, the Employee hereby covenants with GLG that he will
not, for the Restriction Period, without the prior written consent of GLG in its sole and
absolute discretion, either alone or jointly with or on behalf of any person, directly or
indirectly, carry on or set up, or be employed or engaged by or in, or otherwise assist or be
interested in, in any capacity (except as a shareholder or other equity owner of not more than
three percent (3%) of the shares of any company whose shares are publicly traded on any
recognized stock exchange), a business that is carried on in competition with the Business
anywhere within the Restricted Area.
	 
	12.4	 	Subject to clauses 12.5, 12.6, and 12.7, the Employee hereby covenants with GLG that he will
not, for the Restriction Period, without the prior written consent of GLG in its sole and
absolute discretion, either alone or jointly with or on behalf of any person, directly or
indirectly:

	 	12.4.1	 	in connection with the carrying on of any business that is in competition with the
Business, have business dealings with, provide services to, or otherwise accept the
custom of any person who or which has at any time during the period of twelve (12)
months immediately preceding the Employee’s employment termination date done business or
dealt with, or received services from, any GLG Entity as a client, and with whom or
which the Employee shall have had dealings during the course of his employment with GLG,
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	 	 	 	Business-related clients of the Employee (as opposed to clients of his legal
practice) prior to the time he first became employed by GLG;
	 
	 	12.4.2	 	in connection with the carrying on of any business that is in competition with the
Business, canvass, solicit, or approach, or cause to be canvassed, solicited, or
approached, for orders or instructions in respect of any services and/or products
(including investment funds) of a type offered or provided by any GLG Entity, any person
who or which at the Employee’s employment termination date or at any time during the
period of twelve (12) months prior to that date is a client of any GLG Entity, and with
whom or which the Employee shall have had dealings during the course of his employment
with GLG, other than clients that were Business-related clients of the Employee (as
opposed to clients of his legal practice) prior to the time he first became employed by
GLG;
	 
	 	12.4.3	 	solicit for employment, or entice away from employment or any service relationship
with any GLG Entity, any Key Employee who, on the Employee’s employment termination
date, is employed or engaged by any GLG Entity, or who was so employed or engaged at any
time during the six (6) months immediately preceding the Employee’s termination date; or
	 
	 	12.4.4	 	hire or engage for services any Key Employee who, on the Employee’s employment
termination date, is employed or engaged by any GLG Entity, or who was so employed or
engaged at any time during the six (6) months immediately preceding the Employee’s
termination date.

	12.5	 	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause 12, but subject to clause 12.7,
following the termination of his employment with GLG, the Employee will be permitted to work
for Chadbourne & Parke LLP or any successor law firm, whether as a partner or otherwise.
	 
	12.6	 	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause 12, but subject to clause 12.7,
following the termination of his employment with GLG, the Employee will be permitted to work
for a law firm, whether as a partner or otherwise, or as a solo practitioner, and to service
the clients of such law firm or solo practice, provided that, for the three (3) year period
immediately following the Employee’s termination of employment with GLG, unless he obtains the
written permission of GLG, the Employee may not work on any matter or provide any service that
is adverse to any GLG Entity. Nothing in this clause 12.6 will prohibit the Employee’s law
firm from working on any such matter, provided that proper ethical walls or similar procedures
are in place to insulate the Employee from such matter and such ethical walls or similar
procedures otherwise satisfy the “Ethical Rules” (as defined in clause 12.7).

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	12.7	 	Nothing in this clause 12, or any other provision of this Agreement, reduces or narrows any
obligation that the Employee has to any GLG Entity under any ethical, disciplinary,
professional responsibility, or similar rules or canons (“Ethical Rules”) applicable to the
Employee by virtue of his status as an attorney and legal counsel to the GLG Entities. For
the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Ethical Rules would prohibit the Employee from
working for or otherwise servicing a client because of the Employee’s prior relationship with
the GLG Entities, then such prohibition will continue to be applicable even if such work or
service by the Employee would not violate this Agreement absent an appropriate written waiver
or consent. Further, to the extent that the Employee works for a law firm or other
legal-related employer following the termination of his employment with GLG, nothing in this
clause 12, or any other provision of this Agreement, reduces or narrows any obligation that
any such law firm or other legal-related employer would have to any GLG Entity under the
Ethical Rules applicable to such law firm or other legal-related employer by virtue of the
Employee’s status as an attorney and legal counsel, or former attorney and legal counsel, to
the GLG Entities.
	 
	12.8	 	The Employee hereby agrees that he will, at the cost of GLG, enter into a direct agreement or
undertaking with any GLG Entity whereby he will accept restrictions and provisions
corresponding to the restrictions and provisions in this clause 12 in relation to such
activities and such area and for such a period not exceeding the Restriction Period as such
GLG Entity may reasonably require for the protection of its legitimate business interests.
	 
	12.9	 	The covenants contained in this clause 12 are intended to be separate and severable and
enforceable as such, and to be enforceable to the fullest extent permissible under the laws of
each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. If any restriction contained in this
Agreement is for any reason held by a court to be excessively broad as to duration, activity,
geographical scope, or subject, then such restriction will be construed, judicially modified,
or “blue penciled” in such jurisdiction so as to thereafter be limited or reduced to the
extent required to be enforceable in such jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. If
any restriction contained in this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable
in any respect under any applicable law in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity, illegality,
or unenforceability will not affect any other provision of this Agreement or any other
jurisdiction, but such restriction will be reformed, construed, and enforced in such
jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable restriction had never been
contained in this Agreement.
	 
	12.10	 	The Employee acknowledges that the remedy at law for his breach of this clause 12 will be
inadequate, and that the damages flowing from such breach will not be readily susceptible to
being measured in monetary terms. Accordingly, upon a breach or threatened breach of this
clause 12, GLG will be entitled to immediate injunctive relief (or other equitable relief) and
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		 	breach. No bond or other security will be required to obtain such relief, and the Employee
consents to the issuance of such equitable relief. Nothing in this clause 12.10 will be
deemed to limit GLG’s remedies at law or in equity that may be pursued or availed of by GLG
for any breach or threatened breach by the Employee of any part of this clause 12.
	 
	12.11	 	The covenants contained in this clause 12 have been agreed by the parties hereto to be
reasonable. The business of the GLG Entities is highly competitive, the terms of this clause
12 are material to the parties’ willingness to enter into this Agreement, and the terms and
conditions of this clause 12 are not more restrictive than is necessary to protect the
legitimate interests of the GLG Entities.
	 
	13.	 	Miscellaneous
	 
	13.1	 	This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between GLG and the
Employee and supersedes any other agreements, whether oral or written, with respect to the
subject matter of this Agreement, including, without limitation, as of the effective date of
this Agreement, the employment agreement between GLG and the Employee dated November 2, 2007
and the amended and restated employment agreement between GLG and the Employee dated March 17,
2010, but specifically excluding the restricted stock agreements between GLG and the Employee
dated November 5, 2007 and March 17, 2010, except that clause 8.6(e) and the last sentence of
clause 5.1 supersede the terms of such restricted stock agreements. This Agreement may only
be modified or amended by a further agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto.
	 
	13.2	 	This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York without giving effect to its conflict of laws principles.
	 
	13.3	 	Any action by the parties hereto related to this Agreement may be instituted in any state or
federal court having proper subject matter jurisdiction located within the State of New York,
or in any other court in which jurisdiction is otherwise proper. Accordingly, the Employee
and GLG irrevocably and unconditionally (a) submit to the jurisdiction of any such court and
(b) waive (i) any objection to the laying of venue of any such action brought in such court
and (ii) any claim that any such action brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
	 
	13.4	 	This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be
an original, and all such counterparts when taken together shall constitute one and the same
original.
	 
	13.5	 	GLG shall be entitled, without notice to the Employee, at any time during his employment with
GLG and upon the termination of such employment, to set off and/or make deductions from the
Employee’s compensation or from any other sums due to the Employee from any GLG Entity in
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	 	 	Employee or in respect of any outstanding debt or other sum due from the Employee. In
addition, all payments made under this Agreement to the Employee will be subject to
applicable tax and other payroll withholdings.
	 
	13.6	 	Except to the extent that applicable law requires that any specific action be taken or
performed by the Board, the Compensation Committee, or any other committee of the Board, or to
the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, any action to be taken or performed, or
direction to be provided, by GLG under this Agreement may be taken, performed, or provided by
either of GLG’s Co-Chief Executive Officers (or if there is only one Chief Executive Officer,
then by that individual).
	 
	13.7	 	Any waiver by GLG of any provision, or any breach of any provision, of this Agreement shall
not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of such provision or any
other provision herein.
	 
	13.8	 	Due to the personal nature of the services contemplated under this Agreement, this Agreement
and the Employee’s rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned by the Employee. GLG
may assign its rights, together with its obligations hereunder, in connection with any sale,
transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of its business and/or assets,
provided that any such assignee of GLG agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.
Further, prior to any sale, transfer, distribution, or liquidation of all or any significant
portion of GLG’s consolidated assets, or any significant recapitalization or winding-up of
GLG, or any event that could reasonably impair the ability of GLG to satisfy its obligations
under this Agreement, GLG will notify the Employee in writing thereof, and shall arrange
alternate means of providing for its obligations under this Agreement, including the
assumption of such obligations by another party reasonably acceptable to the Employee, the
creation of a “rabbi trust” arrangement reasonably acceptable to the Employee, or the creation
of an escrow in an amount and upon terms reasonably acceptable to the Employee, provided that
in no event will this sentence be interpreted to require, and the parties hereto do not
intend, that, in connection with a change in GLG’s financial health, GLG restrict the use of
assets for the payment to the Employee of nonqualified deferred compensation that is subject
to (and not exempt from) the requirements of Section 409A. GLG shall require any successor to
all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of GLG, whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock, or otherwise, by an agreement in form
and substance satisfactory to the Employee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as GLG would be required to perform if no
such succession had taken place.
	 
	13.9	 	Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that amendments to
this Agreement are necessary in order to comply with Section 409A or to minimize or eliminate
any income inclusion and penalties under Section 409A (e.g., under any document or operational
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	 	 	in good faith the applicable terms of such amendments and to implement such negotiated
amendments, on a prospective and/or retroactive basis, as needed. Further, to the extent any
amount or benefit under this Agreement is nonqualified deferred compensation that is subject
to (and not exempt from) the requirements of Section 409A, then, with respect to such amount
or benefit, this Agreement will be interpreted in a manner to comply with the requirements of
Section 409A. Further, a termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for
purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or
benefits upon or as a result of a termination of employment unless such termination is also a
“separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A and, for purposes of any such
provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “employment termination,”
“termination of employment,” “termination date,” “employment termination date,” or like terms
shall mean “separation from service” or the date of the “separation from service,” as
applicable.
	 
	13.10	 	Any notices, requests, demands, and other communications required or permitted hereunder
shall be in writing (which includes, without limitation, e-mail) and, if to be given to the
Employee, shall be given to the Employee, and if to be given to GLG, shall be given to any
officer or director of GLG, with a copy to either of the Co-Chief Executive Officers of GLG
(or to the Chief Executive Officer of GLG if there is only one such individual). Any such
notice, request, demand, or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given if
delivered by hand or if sent via e-mail to the applicable individual’s business e-mail
address, or if mailed by registered or certified mail and addressed, if to the Employee, to
his last known home address as set forth in GLG’s personnel records, and if to GLG, to the
attention of any officer or director of GLG at the then-current GLG business address of such
individual.

	 	 	 	 	 

	GLG Partners, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	by:

	 	/s/ Noam Gottesman
 

Name: Noam Gottesman 

Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer
	 	Date: 5/16/2010 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	by: Employee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Alejandro San Miguel	 	Date: 5/16/2010
	 	 	 
	Alejandro San Miguel	 	 

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EXHIBIT A — DEFINITION OF “GOOD REASON”

“Good Reason” shall mean:

	(a)	 	any material diminution in the Employee’s authority, duties (as set forth in clause 2.1 of
the Agreement, except that his role as Corporate Secretary may be changed by GLG at its
discretion without triggering clauses 8.4 or 8.6 of the Agreement), responsibilities, or
reporting line, other than as permitted in clauses 8.8.1 and 8.8.2 of the Agreement; or
	 
	(b)	 	any material diminution in the authority, duties, and responsibilities of the Co-Chief
Executive Officers of GLG; or
	 
	(c)	 	following a Change of Control (as defined in Exhibit C) or during the pendency of a Potential
Change of Control (as defined in Exhibit D), any material diminution in the Employee’s total
annual compensation from GLG; or
	 
	(d)	 	a material change in the location from which the Employee must perform his services for GLG,
including a requirement that he relocate to London, England; or
	 
	(e)	 	a material breach of this Agreement by GLG; or
	 
	(f)	 	the occurrence of a Change of Control, but only to the extent that the Employee terminates
his employment for any reason, including by delivering a Notice to Non-Extension to GLG under
clause 1.2 of the Agreement, during the one-year period ending on, and including, the first
anniversary of such Change of Control (or if such first anniversary date is not a business day
in either London, England or New York, New York, then the first such business day following
such first anniversary date).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action or inaction will be deemed to constitute “Good Reason”
under clauses (a) through (e) above unless: (i) the Employee gives reasonably-detailed, written
notice to GLG of the action or inaction alleged to constitute “Good Reason” no later than ninety
(90) days after the initial existence of the action or inaction alleged to constitute “Good
Reason”; (ii) GLG is provided with thirty (30) days in which it may cure any action or inaction
that would otherwise constitute “Good Reason”; and (iii) GLG fails to cure such action or inaction
during the thirty-day cure period, in which case the Employee’s employment will be deemed to have
terminated upon the expiration of such cure period unless the parties hereto agree in writing to a
different termination date. In the event the Employee terminates his employment with Good Reason
under clause (f) above, such termination will be effective immediately upon the Employee giving
written notice of such termination to GLG.

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EXHIBIT B — DEFINITION OF “CAUSE”

“Cause” shall be deemed to exist if the Employee shall at any time:

	(a)	 	be guilty of gross misconduct, or commit a material breach of any provision of the Agreement;
or
	 
	(b)	 	be in material breach of regulatory requirements or internal compliance rules of any GLG
Entity consistent therewith that are applicable to the Employee; or
	 
	(c)	 	have his standing as an attorney who is a member of the bar of the State of New York
suspended, disqualified, or otherwise terminated, provided that such suspension,
disqualification, or termination will not be grounds to terminate the Employee with Cause if
it occurs because of the Employee’s failure to complete any necessary continuing legal
education hours or credits and such failure was consented to in advance and in writing by GLG;
or
	 
	(d)	 	be convicted of, or plead no contest to, a felony other than a traffic-related offense for
which a non-custodial penalty is imposed.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action or inaction will be deemed to constitute “Cause” unless:
(i) GLG gives reasonably-detailed, written notice to the Employee of the action or inaction alleged
to constitute “Cause”; (ii) to the extent that such action or inaction can be cured, the Employee
is provided with thirty (30) days in which he may cure any such action or inaction that would
otherwise constitute “Cause”; and (iii) the Employee fails to cure such action or inaction during
the thirty-day cure period, in which case the Employee’s employment will be deemed to have
terminated upon the expiration of such cure period unless the parties hereto agree in writing to a
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EXHIBIT C — DEFINITION OF “CHANGE OF CONTROL”

For purposes of the Agreement, “Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of the following
events:

	(i)	 	the acquisition of ownership after the commencement of the Employee’s employment with GLG by
any individual, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any successor statute, as it may be amended from time to
time (the “Exchange Act”)) (each, a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of the combined voting power of the outstanding
voting securities of GLG entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Outstanding
Voting Securities”) in excess of the Applicable Threshold (as defined below); provided that,
for purposes of this subclause (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change
of Control: (x) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by a GLG Entity; (y) any acquisition pursuant to the exchange of Exchangeable Class
B Ordinary Shares of FA Sub 2 Limited for shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
of GLG, or any security of GLG issued in substitution, exchange, or lieu thereof; or (z) any
acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with each of clauses (x), (y), and (z) of
subclause (iii) of this definition of Change of Control; or
	 
	(ii)	 	individuals who, as of the commencement of the Employee’s employment with GLG, constitute the
Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
Board; provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to that date whose
election, or nomination for election by GLG’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least
a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though
such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any
such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or
threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other
actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a individual,
entity, or group other than the Board; or
	 
	(iii)	 	consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or sale or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of GLG, or the acquisition of assets of another entity
(a “Corporate Transaction”), in each case, unless, following such Corporate Transaction, (x)
all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the
Outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially
own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a
corporation that as a result of such transaction owns GLG or all or substantially all of GLG’s
assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), (y) no Person (excluding any
employee benefit plan (or related trust) of any GLG Entity or such

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	 	 	corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities in excess of the greater of (1) 25% of the
outstanding voting securities or (2) the number of outstanding voting securities beneficially owned by Noam
Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman (including their respective families, Trusts, partnerships,
and charitable foundations controlled by any of Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman), in each
case, with respect to the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction, except to the extent that
such ownership existed in GLG prior to the Corporate Transaction, and (z) at least a majority of the members
of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction were members of the
Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board,
providing for such Corporate Transaction; or
	 
	(iv)	 	approval by the stockholders of GLG of a complete liquidation or dissolution of GLG.

For purposes of this Exhibit C and Exhibit D, “Applicable Threshold” means the greater of (i) 25%
of the then Outstanding Voting Securities, or (ii) the then Outstanding Voting Securities
beneficially owned by Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman (including by their
respective families, Trusts, partnerships and charitable foundations controlled by any of Noam
Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman), as the case may be.

For purposes of this Exhibit C and Exhibit D, “Trust” means any trust of which any of Noam
Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman is the settlor or of which any of them and/or any of
the members of their family are beneficiaries, including the Gottesman GLG Trust, the Lagrange GLG
Trust and the Roman GLG Trust.

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EXHIBIT D — DEFINITION OF “POTENTIAL CHANGE OF CONTROL”

For purposes of the Agreement, a “Potential Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred
upon:

	(i)	 	the commencement of a tender or exchange offer by any third person (other than a tender or
exchange offer which, if consummated, would not result in a Change of Control) of the
Outstanding Voting Securities (as defined in Exhibit C) in excess of the Applicable Threshold
(as defined in Exhibit C); or
	 
	(ii)	 	the execution of an agreement by GLG, the consummation of which would result in the
occurrence of a Change of Control; or
	 
	(iii)	 	the public announcement by any person (including GLG) of an intention to take or to consider
taking actions that, if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control; or
	 
	(iv)	 	the adoption by the Board, as a result of other circumstances, including circumstances
similar or related to the foregoing, of a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of the
Agreement, a Potential Change of Control has occurred.

A Potential Change of Control will be deemed to be pending from the occurrence of the event giving
rise to the Potential Change of Control until the earlier of (I) the first anniversary of the date
on which such Potential Change of Control first occurred or (II) the date the Board determines in
good faith that such events will not result in the occurrence of a Change of Control.

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Exhibit 10.4

AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (this “Amendment”) between GLG
Partners, Inc. (“GLG”) and Simon White (the “Employee”) is made on the 16th day of May 2010.

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated March 17, 2010, between
GLG and the Employee (the “Employment Agreement”). GLG and the Employee wish to amend the
Employment Agreement in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

	1.	 	Severance Payment Following a Change of Control
	 
	1.1	 	If, following a Change of Control (as defined below), the Employee’s employment with GLG is
terminated by GLG other than for Cause (as defined below), or the Employee’s employment with
GLG is terminated by the Employee with Good Reason (as defined below), then GLG will pay to
the Employee, within three business days following the Employee’s employment termination date,
a payment equal to US$1,500,000, from which tax withholdings and National Insurance
contributions will be deducted.
	 
	1.2	 	The parties hereto agree that, following a Change of Control, GLG may terminate the
Employee’s employment other than for Cause without advance notice and without complying with
clause 6.1 of the Employment Agreement. In such event, the payment to be made to the Employee
pursuant to clause 1.1 above will be inclusive of any required pay in lieu of notice.
Similarly, in the event that, following a Change of Control, the Employee’s employment with
GLG is terminated by the Employee with Good Reason, the Employee will be required to comply
with the notice and cure provisions of clause 2.4 below, which will be in lieu of the advance
notice requirement under clause 6.1 of the Employment Agreement.
	 
	1.3	 	The parties hereto agree that, to the extent the Employee becomes entitled to a payment under
clause 1.1 above, clause 6.4 of the Employment Agreement is superseded. For the avoidance of
doubt, any payment under clause 1.1 above is in lieu of, and not in addition to, any payment
under clause 6.4 of the Employment Agreement.
	 
	1.4	 	GLG reserves the right to condition the payment under clause 1.1 above upon the Employee’s
execution of a customary general release of claims against the GLG Entities, and each of their
directors, officers, employees, partners, members, and owners, but excluding claims with
respect to any vested equity awards or other benefits the Employee may have, any continuing
obligations of the GLG Entities to the Employee, and any right the Employee may have at that
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	 	 	GLG or any GLG Entity. Any payment under clause 1.1 above is subject to clause 6.5 of the
Employment Agreement, if applicable.
	 
	1.5	 	Notwithstanding anything in this Amendment to the contrary, no payment to the Employee will
be due under clause 1.1 above in the event that, following a Change of Control, the Employee’s
employment with GLG is terminated contemporaneously with the Employee becoming an employee,
partner, or member of any company or other entity that is part of the same controlled group of
companies and entities as GLG at that time, provided that the severance terms of such
subsequent employment, partnership, or membership are no less favorable in any respect than
the terms of this Amendment, except that the occurrence of a Change of Control will not be a
condition to such severance terms.
	 
	2.	 	Definitions
	 
	2.1	 	For purposes of this Amendment, clause 6.3 of the Employment Agreement is superseded.
Instead, for purposes of this Amendment, “Cause” shall be deemed to exist if the Employee
shall at any time:

	 	(i)	 	be guilty of gross misconduct, or commit a material breach of any provision of
the Employment Agreement, the Laurel Heights LLP partnership deed (as amended), or the
Employee’s interest letter (as amended) under the Laurel Heights LLP partnership deed;
or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	be in material breach of regulatory requirements or internal compliance rules of
any GLG Entity consistent therewith that are applicable to the Employee; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	have any required registration terminated or cancelled by the Financial Services
Authority or any other relevant regulatory authority or in any other relevant
jurisdiction; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	be convicted of, or plead no contest to, a felony other than a traffic-related
offense for which a non-custodial penalty is imposed.

	 	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action or inaction will be deemed to constitute “Cause”
unless: (a) GLG gives reasonably-detailed, written notice to the Employee of the action or
inaction alleged to constitute “Cause”; (b) to the extent that such action or inaction can
be cured, the Employee is provided with thirty (30) days in which he may cure any such
action or inaction that would otherwise constitute “Cause”; and (c) the Employee fails to
cure such action or inaction during the thirty-day cure period, in which case the Employee’s
employment with GLG will be deemed to have terminated upon the expiration of such cure
period unless the Employee and GLG agree in writing to a different termination date.

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	2.2	 	“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of the following events:

	 	(i)	 	the acquisition of ownership after the date of this Amendment by any
individual, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any successor statute, as it may be amended from
time to time (the “Exchange Act”)) (each, a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of the combined voting
power of the outstanding voting securities of GLG entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (“Outstanding Voting Securities”) in excess of the Applicable
Threshold (defined below); provided that, for purposes of this subclause (i), the
following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (x) any acquisition
by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by any GLG
Entity; (y) any acquisition pursuant to the exchange of Exchangeable Class B Ordinary
Shares of FA Sub 2 Limited for shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of
GLG, or any security of GLG issued in substitution, exchange, or lieu thereof; or (z)
any acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with each of clauses (x), (y),
and (z) of subclause (iii) of this definition of Change of Control; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	individuals who, as of the date of this Amendment, constitute the Board of
Directors of GLG (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board of Directors of GLG; provided that any individual becoming a
director subsequent to that date whose election, or nomination for election by GLG’s
stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then
comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a
member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual
whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened
election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual
or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a individual,
entity, or group other than the Board of Directors of GLG; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of GLG, or the acquisition of
assets of another entity (a “Corporate Transaction”), in each case, unless, following
such Corporate Transaction, (x) all or substantially all of the individuals and
entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Voting Securities
immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the corporation
resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation
that as a result of such transaction owns GLG or all or

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	 	 	 	substantially all of GLG’s assets either directly or through one or more
subsidiaries), (y) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
of any GLG Entity or such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction)
beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities in excess of the greater of (1) 25% of the outstanding
voting securities or (2) the number of outstanding voting securities beneficially
owned by Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman (including their
respective families, Trusts, partnerships, and charitable foundations controlled by
any of Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman), in each case, with
respect to the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction, except to the
extent that such ownership existed in GLG prior to the Corporate Transaction, and (z)
at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation
resulting from such Corporate Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the
time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of
Directors of GLG, providing for such Corporate Transaction; or
	 
	 	(iv)	 	approval by the stockholders of GLG of a complete liquidation or dissolution of
GLG.

	 	 	“Applicable Threshold” means the greater of (i) 25% of the then Outstanding Voting
Securities, or (ii) the then Outstanding Voting Securities beneficially owned by Noam
Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman (including by their respective families,
Trusts, partnerships and charitable foundations controlled by any of Noam Gottesman, Pierre
Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman), as the case may be.
	 
	 	 	“Trust” means any trust of which any of Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, and Emmanuel Roman
is the settlor or of which any of them and/or any of the members of their family are
beneficiaries, including the Gottesman GLG Trust, the Lagrange GLG Trust and the Roman GLG
Trust.
	 
	2.3	 	“GLG Entity” has the meaning given to that term in clause 2.2(a) of the Employment Agreement
and is inclusive of GLG.
	 
	2.4	 	“Good Reason” shall mean: (i) a diminution in the Employee’s authority, duties, or
responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer; or (ii) any material diminution in your total
annual compensation from GLG or your total annual profit allocation from Laurel Heights LLP.
	 
	 	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action or inaction will be deemed to constitute “Good
Reason” unless: (a) the Employee gives reasonably-detailed, written notice to GLG of the
action or inaction alleged to constitute “Good Reason” no later than ninety (90) days after
the initial existence of the action or inaction alleged to constitute “Good

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	 	 	Reason”; (ii) GLG is provided with thirty (30) days in which it may cure any action or
inaction that would otherwise constitute “Good Reason”; and (iii) GLG fails to cure such
action or inaction during the thirty-day cure period, in which case the Employee’s
employment with GLG will be deemed to have terminated upon the expiration of such cure
period unless the Employee and GLG agree in writing to a different termination date.
	 
	3.	 	Miscellaneous
	 
	3.1	 	Except as amended and superseded by this Amendment, the Employment Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect, and shall continue to bind the parties hereto, and shall continue to
govern the terms and conditions of the Employee’s continued employment with GLG. To the
extent that the terms of this Amendment conflict or are inconsistent with the terms of the
Employment Agreement, the terms of this Amendment will govern.
	 
	3.2	 	This Amendment and the Employment Agreement, to the extent not amended and superseded by this
Amendment, constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto respecting the
employment of the Employee by GLG (the “Entire Agreement”). There being no representations,
warranties, or commitments between the parties hereto except as set forth in the Entire
Agreement, the Entire Agreement replaces and supersedes any other employment agreement or
arrangement, oral or written, between the Employee and GLG.
	 
	3.3	 	This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be
an original, and all such counterparts when taken together shall constitute one and the same
original.
	 
	3.4	 	A person who is not a party to this Amendment has no right under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Amendment.
	 
	3.5	 	This Amendment shall cease to be applicable to the Employee, and shall be void and of no
further affect, in the event that a Change of Control does not occur before December 31, 2010.

[signature page follows]

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	3.6	 	This Amendment is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York without giving effect to its conflict of laws principles.

	 	 	 	 	 
	GLG Partners, Inc.

 	 	 
	by:  	/s/ Alejandro San Miguel
 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Alejandro San Miguel 	 	 
	 	Title:  	General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 	 	 
	 
	Employee

 	 	 
	  	/s/ Simon White
 	 	 
	 	Simon White 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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