Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
USA Guide 2024 : Pennsylvania
Band 1
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Provided by Blank Rome LLP
• Known nationally for first-rate benefits/compensation advice
• Handle counseling, deal support, executive compensation
• Advise on retirement plans, welfare benefits, fringe benefits, plan investment matters
• Executive compensation for corporate management and executives
• Strong transactional practice, advising on benefits aspects of corporate M&A and private equity deals
• Significant advising of employee-owned businesses and ESOPs
• Represent large employers (including publicly traded companies, privately held businesses, employee-owned enterprises) throughout the nation on benefits matters
• National benefits and compensation counsel to large employers; a “destination resource” Comprehensive employee benefits and ERISA support, from design, drafting, and implementation of retirement plans to welfare/fringe benefit plans to health benefits-related work to ERISA litigation and IRS and DOL representation
• Advise on equity compensation and deferred compensation plans. Act for both management and individual directors on employment agreements, exits, severance agreements, and bonuses
• We understand the nuances of non-profit and tax-exempt organizations, and have advised them for many years
• Counsel ESOP-owned companies, and advise on transactions involving ESOPs, including financings
• Advise on benefits-related due diligence in large transactions and bankruptcies, in which plan issues arise
Chambers Review
Blank Rome LLP is a destination practice for advice on benefit and compensation issues. The team regularly works with employee-owned businesses, large corporations and individual executives, assisting with matters relating to retirement, welfare and fringe benefit plans. Its attorneys also have strong experience of handling the benefits aspects of corporate transactions.
Work Highlights
- Blank Rome advised Korn Ferry on all employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of its acquisition of Salo, LLC.
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Rudolph maintains a top-tier practice and frequently handles complex benefit plan issues arising from corporate transactions. He is also experienced in executive compensation, advising individual directors on employment contracts.
Michael Kadlec is an experienced counselor with expertise in qualified and nonqualified retirement plans. He is also well versed in drafting equity compensation agreements.
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