Band 4
Provided by Michael Collins
Michael is Co-Chair of the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects employee benefits and executive compensation. His practice runs the full gamut of tax, ERISA, accounting, corporate, and securities law aspects of stock option, SAR, restricted stock, and employee stock purchase plans; tax-qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation; SERPs; executive employment agreements, golden parachutes and other change in control arrangements; severance, confidentiality, and noncompete contracts; performance bonus and incentive plans; director’s pay; rabbi trusts; split dollar life insurance; excess benefit and top hat plans; and the like.
Michael has published numerous articles on employee benefits and executive compensation topics, including articles in the Labor Lawyer, the Virginia Tax Review, the Journal of Accountancy, New York University Tax Institute Proceedings, and the ABA Preview of Supreme Court Cases.
Michael graduated with high honors from the University of Notre Dame in 1991 and graduated summa cum laude and second in his class from Notre Dame Law School in 1995
Provided by Chambers
Michael Collins has extensive experience advising companies on the executive compensation and employee benefits elements of M&A. He routinely acts for public and private companies.
Provided by Chambers
"Michael Collins has deep subject matter expertise and provides solid advice."
"Michael Collins has deep subject matter expertise and provides solid advice."
