Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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Provided by Snell & Wilmer LLP

Snell & Wilmer's employee benefits and executive compensation group serves clients ranging from large national and international corporations to small businesses and senior executives. Our attorneys regularly provide sophisticated employee benefits and compensation services to publicly-traded and privately-held companies in numerous industries, including public utilities, homebuilding, transportation, healthcare, financial services, insurance, semiconductor, software and IT, biotechnology, mining, higher education and manufacturing.

Whether our clients are positioning themselves for a sale or acquiring a new business, we provide employee benefits support in mergers and acquisitions by:

• Drafting and negotiating the employee benefits provisions of stock and asset purchase agreements
• Counseling clients on the treatment of outstanding equity awards
• Identifying and structuring asset sales to avoid withdrawal liability issues through compliance with ERISA’s Section 4204
• Conducting due diligence on employee benefits issues an employer will face in a M&A transaction