In Sheehy v. Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP (3 NY3d 554, 822 N.E.2d 763, 789 N.Y.S.2d 456 [2004]), plaintiff sought to recover certain retirement benefits orally promised to him in exchange for his agreement to take early retirement from defendant law firm, provided the law firm's Executive Committee entered into a written agreement authorizing such benefits. Because there was no written agreement and defendant's obligation to make payments was to begin in the fifth year after plaintiff's retirement and end with his death, the performance of defendant's alleged promise could not have been completed within one year of the agreement, and thus, plaintiffs claim was barred by the Statute of Frauds.