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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - Hawaii
What the Team is Known For
Carlsmith Ball LLP has a preeminent Hawaiian employment and benefits practice with extensive experience of handling pension and welfare benefit plans. The group offers comprehensive expertise in advising clients on gaining IRS approval and is active across a range of sectors, including banking and healthcare.
Strengths
Their team members have high level of knowledge in different areas of our plans and they are proactive to our questions.
They're very knowledgeable about ERISA law and our company's history, it's a great team that complements each other.
Work Highlights
Carlsmith Ball acted for Bank of Hawaii on its program to allow for immediate cash-out benefits under its defined benefit pension plan.
Notable practitioners
John Khil has expertise in tax law and is particularly adept at advising employers on pension plans, IRS approvals and employee benefits.
He is very experienced and knowledgeable, familiar with different options depending on the situation. He also takes time to explain how certain options affect us in the short term and long term.
John has been our go-to for many years and he has strong institutional knowledge of our company.