Cases
Experience: Representative Matters: Developing
implementing executive compensation strategies for closely-held, emerging
publicly-held clients, including incentive
non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock
other forms of equity compensation, negotiating
documenting executive employment agreements, designing
drafting non-qualified executive retirement
deferred compensation plans
arrangements, including 401(k) wraparound plans,
rabbi trusts
other funding arrangements for those plans, employee stock purchase plans, split dollar life insurance arrangements,
change in control severance (golden-parachute) agreements.
Advising clients with respect to Section 409A compliance for arrangements that provide for a deferral of compensation,
amending plan documents
agreements to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A.
Advising investment funds with respect to ERISA compliance matters, including the requirements for qualifying as a venture capital operating company or a real estate operating company, or for other exceptions under the plan asset rules.
Providing advice
services with respect to qualified pension, profit sharing
401(k) plans (including techniques to satisfy non-discrimination requirements
maximize contributions for highly compensated executives), ESOP transactions, health
welfare plans, cafeteria plans
other employee benefit programs.
Providing advice
services to plan fiduciaries with respect to their duties
responsibilities under ERISA, including compliance with Section 404(c) of ERISA
other methods of minimizing risk,
compliance with reporting
disclosure requirements.
Advising with respect to various executive compensation
employee benefit plan issues in connection with corporate mergers
acquisitions, including due diligence services, analyzing
helping to minimize tax costs associated with excess parachute payments,
integrating the buyers
sellers benefit programs post-closing.
Representing governmental entities
other tax-exempt organizations with respect to their employee benefit programs, including qualified plans,
Section 403(b)
457 plans,
helping solve the unique problems faced by these organizations in providing deferred compensation for their executives.
