Employee Benefits, ERISA and Executive Compensation
We recognize the importance of sophisticated benefit arrangements to our business and individual clients. We understand the critical need for business entities to design and maintain outstanding retirement plans, deferred compensation arrangements and other benefit programs in a competitive environment that places a premium on attracting and retaining talented employees. We also understand the need to design cost- effective and understandable programs for our clients. We work closely with other professionals, including third party administrators, actuaries, accountants, insurance and investment advisors, to bring a team approach to the benefit programs of our clients.
What we can do for you:
- Design and implement individually designed pension, profit sharing, and other ERISA qualified plans
- Design and implement Employee Stock Ownership Plans and, in cooperation with our other Practice Groups, handle related financing and transactional matters
- Design and implement nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, and employee equity plans such as phantom stock plans, SAR plans, restricted stock plans and stock option plans
- Sponsor and maintain prototype 401(k), pension and profit sharing plans and assist in designing, implementing and maintaining qualified status
- Handle plan terminations, mergers and similar transactional matters involving qualified plans
- Advise, in cooperation with our Business, Securities and Tax and Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures Practice Groups, regarding qualified plan and employee benefit aspects of business acquisition and sale transactions
- Represent in defending and prosecuting ERISA litigation matters
- Represent and advise in connection with Department of Labor and IRS audits and investigations
- Design and implement specialized executive incentive and retention arrangements
- Advise clients regarding alternatives and tax consequences of withdrawals from qualified plans and elections and exercise of rights under other benefit plans
- Design, implement and advise regarding Cafeteria Plans and other welfare benefit arrangements
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