Andrew J Rudolph

Practice Areas

Employment

Corporate & Business

Tax

Career

Andrew J. Rudolph brings over 40 years of experience advising both publicly traded and privately held businesses on employee benefits, executive compensation, and related tax and corporate law matters, focusing on both counseling and transactional practices.

Andrew’s practice encompasses the full range of benefits and compensation matters impacting employers in an environment where effective rewards are essential to a successful strategic business plan. With over four decades of experience, he has guided clients through various business cycles, including restructuring, acquisitions, and dispositions, helping them achieve leadership positions in their industries.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel

Work Highlights

Advised on the planning and post-transaction integration of qualified and nonqualified retirement, health and welfare, and incentive compensation programs in numerous public and private company transactions. This work includes guidance on underfunded pension plans, change-in-control and severance benefits, executive employment agreements, qualified plan mergers, redesign of equity and incentive plans, Section 162(m) $1 million cap issues, and SEC/IRS filings. Extensive experience designing, implementing, operating, and terminating employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) throughout the ESOP life cycle, including tax deferral strategies, S corporation operations, executive equity arrangements, fiduciary risk management, ESOP loan financing, and litigation defense involving ESOP-owned companies and service providers. Represents employers and executives in change-in-control, severance, and “golden parachute” arrangements, and provides counsel on qualified plan governance, investment oversight, and fiduciary risk mitigation. Also advises on the design, compliance, and implementation of executive compensation programs—including restricted stock, stock options, phantom equity, and deferred compensation—for public and private companies. Handles ERISA litigation, including worker classification disputes and analysis of benefit plan implications related to reclassification.

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