Steven Rabitz

Practice Areas

Steven W. Rabitz is co-chair of Dechert’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice and leads the firm's national fiduciary practice in New York. He focuses his practice on the fiduciary responsibility, prohibited transaction and funding rules of ERISA, and specifically how they relate to financial firm’s products, platforms and services, and also advises on U.S. Federal income tax, securities and other legal matters concerning compensation and benefits. In addition, Mr. Rabitz assists clients on how ERISA rules are applicable to the design, implementation and ongoing operation of retirement and health benefits.

Mr. Rabitz advises clients such as broker-dealers, investment and commercial banks, investment managers, trustees, collective investment fund sponsors and sub-advisers, mutual fund complexes, alternative fund sponsors and advisers, futures commission merchants, insurance companies and other financial market participants on the conduct of their businesses and their offering of products and services as applied to U.S. retirement clients. He also represents both private and public companies in a variety of matters involving compensation and benefits, as well as cross-border related considerations.