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Partner in M&A and Securities Group and Employment & Employee Benefits Group. Advises on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including the associated tax, securities, corporate, employment and labor issues.

Ian routinely:

- Advises private and public companies, in particular private equity sponsors, regarding executive compensation and employee benefits issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, joint ventures and other transactions

- Represents executives and management teams in negotiating employment and incentive compensation, particularly in connection with corporate transactions

- Advises clients as to the design and establishment of virtually all types of executive compensation, equity, deferred compensation and other benefit arrangements

- Advises companies and their boards regarding governance and disclosure requirements

- Represents lenders and borrowers in various corporate financing transactions

- Structures private equity and hedge funds and other investments in compliance with ERISA

Ian serves as chair of the Advisory Board and as a member and former chair of the Center for Transactional Law and Practice Advisory Board at the Emory University School of Law. He also serves as an adjunct professor at New York Law School and Emory University School of Law.

View more at: https://www.mcdermottlaw.com/people/ian-l-levin/

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NYU School of Law (LL.M., 1994); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1992); Union College (B.A., 1989)

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Ian Levin is highly experienced in advising clients on the benefit and executive compensation issues associated with various business transactions.

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