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Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen

USA 2026

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USA

Practice Areas

Adam develops practical solutions to the complex issues of employee compensation, benefits, retirement and pensions. He has more than 25 years of experience representing public companies, closely held businesses and tax-exempt organizations. Adam provided advice on employee benefits and equity compensation for the largest corporate spin-off in business history at the time and has advised on international and billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. His extensive experience includes the design and implementation of tax-qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and 409A compliance, executive compensation arrangements, executive employment and separation agreements, fringe benefits and compensation clawbacks. Additionally, Adam is an adjunct professor in the Georgetown Law School Tax LLM program, where he teaches “Employee Benefits: Qualified Retirement Plans.”

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - District of Columbia

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Band 1

Individual Editorial

Adam Cohen advises blue-chip clients on all aspects of benefit plan design, employee benefits, executive compensation, compliance and related tax issues.

Strengths

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  • Adam is always very helpful and respectful. His knowledge is extremely deep and very broad. He is always friendly and either responds directly or gets us to a person who can assist.

    Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationChambers Guide to the USA
  • Adam is a great resource for help with employee benefit and executive compensation tax issues. He is easy to talk with and we feel his analysis is thorough and his responses are comprehensive.

    Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationChambers Guide to the USA
  • Adam has been a great partner. I honestly do not know what we would do without him.

    Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationChambers Guide to the USA

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