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The Executive Compensation and Benefits Group at Skadden advises public and private companies, management, boards of directors and executives on a full range of matters relating to employee compensation plans and arrangements, including issues arising in the areas of the transactional, tax, securities, bankruptcy, corporate governance and ERISA claims. Heightened scrutiny of executive compensation issues has resulted in an increasingly complex maze of government regulation and market pressures. The executive compensation and benefits practice helps clients manage the impact of these regulatory and market developments. Our practice members have been repeatedly recognized as “leading lawyers” in the executive compensation and employee benefits fields by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Best Lawyers in America, The Legal 500: U.S., Law360 and The National Law Journal. We also were named one of Law360’s Benefits Groups of the Year for 2020 and 2019. Our practice members regularly publish articles and client memoranda on important developments in the area and are called on to provide insights to the press and at numerous high-profile conferences and meetings. In addition, our practice includes the authors and editors of The Section 409A Handbook — the leading treatise on Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, which governs the treatment of deferred compensation — as well as the chairperson of the PLI Hot Issues in Executive Compensation Conference.

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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Skadden's pre-eminent group within the employee benefits and executive compensation Bar in New York provides advice on a broad range of issues including consultation of senior executives in connection with their employment agreements and ERISA-related fiduciary responsibilities, as well as matters arising under Sections 409A, 280G and 162(m). The firm maintains its reputation as a go-to M&A shop and is routinely sought out by a variety of clients such as private and public companies, financial services institutions, boards of directors and executives. The group also provides advice to clients in regard to international employment matters in international transactions and global equity settings.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Erica Schohn
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Erica Schohn
Head of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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Erica Schohn is regularly called upon to advise clients on the full range of employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She acts for large multinational corporations across a variety of industries, including the financial services and healthcare sectors.

Erica is able to advise on complex executive compensation matters in a simple and concise way. She provides practical advice and is very responsive to our needs both legally and commercially.

Joseph M Penko
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Joseph M Penko
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Joseph Penko is well versed in the employee benefits and executive compensation issues involved in corporate transactions.
Shalom Huber
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Shalom Huber
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Shalom Huber is frequently sought out by clients for his expertise in employee benefits and executive compensation matters, with a strong track record in advising on issues arising in major corporate transactions.

He is so thoughtful about our needs. With all the regulatory changes, he is always to handle sensitive changes for us and seamlessly move us from one way of thinking to another.

Shalom is our go to on our most complex matters. He's an expert who looks around corners and we just really trust him with any high-level compensation matters.

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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Erica Schohn
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Erica Schohn
Head of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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Band 2
Joseph M Penko
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Joseph M Penko
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Shalom Huber
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Shalom Huber
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Up and Coming

Members

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Erica Schohn

Erica Schohn

Head of Department

Michael A Wiseman

Shalom Huber