Magan P Ray

Practice Areas

Benefits & Compensation

Tax

Labor & Employment

ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation

Health Care & FDA Practice

Career

Magan Pritam Ray, Co-Chair of the Benefits & Compensation Practice, has wide-ranging experience in all facets of employee benefits and ERISA matters, including the design, implementation and operation of retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, cafeteria plans, fringe benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation programs. Magan focuses on counseling clients on the business impact, strategic response, plan design and compliance with the evolving legal requirements and industry changes impacting health care. Magan regularly advises Fortune 100 companies on issues in mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and joint ventures. Magan also has experience in representing companies undergoing employee benefits and tax audits before the IRS and Department of Labor.

In addition to her employment counseling practice, Magan serves as the Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig Asian American Affinity Group.

Concentrations:

Design implement and provide advice on tax, ERISA, HHS and employment laws relating to:

Tax qualified retirement plans

Health care benefits (e.g. self-insured or fully insured medical, dental, vision, EAP benefits, wellness, HDHP/HSAs, HRAs, FSAs, on-site clinics, telemedicine and ancillary services)

Welfare benefits (e.g. life, disability, AD&D, legal services, funded vacation, severance)

Health care reform (Affordable Care Act)

HIPAA/HITECH

COBRA

Nonqualified deferred compensation plans

125/Cafeteria plans

Fringe benefits (e.g. dependent care, transportation, educational assistance, adoption assistance)

Provide advice on full array of benefit issues in mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and joint ventures

DOL and IRS voluntary compliance programs

Fiduciary compliance, including training

DOL, IRS and EDD audits

ERISA Litigation

Professional Memberships

Co-Chair, Greenberg Traurig Benefits & Compensation Practice (2022-Present).

RIP Medical Debt Board of Directors (2021-Present).

Asian Law Caucus Board of Directors (2021-Present).

Member, California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP) Annual Business Conference Planning Committee (2021).

Coastside Recovery Task Force (2021-Present).

Co-Chair, Greenberg Traurig Asian Affinity Group (2018-Present).

ACLU of Northern California Board of Directors (2009-2020, 2022-Present):

-Chair of the Board of Directors (2017-2019)

-Chair of the Governance Committee (2020)

-Member, Executive Committee (2012-2014, 2017-2020)

-Chair, Legislative Policy Committee (2013-2014)

-Member, Development Committee (2014-2018)

-Member, Finance Committee (2009-2014, 2017-2019)

-Member, Personnel Committee (2009-2014, 2017)

ACLU Foundation of Northern California Board of Directors (2012-2020):

-Chair of the Board of Directors (2017-2019)

-Chair of the Governance Committee (2020)

-Member, Finance Committee (2009-2014, 2017-2019)

Member, American Bar Association.

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, 2021-2022

Personal

J.D., with distinction, Stanford Law School, 1994

M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1989

B.A., History, University of California at Berkeley, 1986