Provided by Clark Hill PLC
Employers rely on strong benefits programs to attract and retain talent, but designing and administering those plans can be complex—especially as laws evolve. Clark Hill’s employee benefits attorneys help employers design, implement, administer, and resolve issues involving benefit plans and claims.
Our team brings decades of ERISA and state law experience, advising for-profit and nonprofit employers on retirement, welfare, and fringe benefit plans, fiduciary duties, COBRA and ACA compliance, and benefit litigation. When needed, we collaborate with colleagues across labor and employment, tax, trust, insurance, litigation, and appellate practices.
We assist with IRS, DOL, and PBGC audits, compliance, and correction programs, and advise on benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, bankruptcy, multiemployer plans, and withdrawal liability. We also help closely held businesses with succession planning through ESOPs.
We advise on the benefits aspects of executive compensation, including deferred compensation, incentive compensation, equity-based plans, phantom stock, SERPs, and related tax rules such as IRC Section 409A. We also counsel governmental entities, schools, universities, and other tax-exempt organizations on public pension plans, 403(b), 457 plans, excess compensation, and intermediate sanctions.
We also advise publicly traded companies on the tax and benefits rules that apply to them, including IRC Section 162(m).
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Clark Hill offers renowned employee benefits counsel particularly noted for its ESOP group. The firm is able to assist clients with the design and administration of plans as well as transactional representation.
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Clark Hill's team makes complex topics understandable and, most importantly, explains how the topic relates to the client's fiduciary responsibility and what the client needs to consider.
Clark Hill's team makes complex topics understandable and, most importantly, explains how the topic relates to the client's fiduciary responsibility and what the client needs to consider.
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Christopher McMican divides his time between Chicago and Detroit, and is noted for his experience advising clients in relation to retirement plans.
I love working with Chris and have been more than satisfied with his knowledge, work product and client support.
Chris McMican is readily available to discuss issues as they arise.
Edward Hammond advises on a wide array of benefit programs, including defined benefit and nonqualified deferred compensation pension plans.