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- Executive Compensation
We often design and implement equity-based compensation arrangements for clients, including incentive and non-qualifyng stock option plans, restricted stock, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights and other performance based arrangements. We also draft supplemental executive retirement plans (including plans for tax-exempts) and insurance-based compensation, including split dollar arrangements; of course we advise on these matters as well. We offer counsel on federal tax issues applicable to compensation arrangements, including constructive receipt, and economic benefit. Our attorneys draft and advise with respect to executive employment contracts, including parachute payments and non-compete provisions. We negotiate executive severance arrangements. Further, we design security arrangements for executive benefits, including rabbi trusts.
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions
Our clients often ask us to negotiate, advise and conduct due diligence related to business mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. We deal with issues related to pooling, parachute payments, severance pay, tax-qualified plan mergers and spin-offs, ESOPs including Section 1042 transactions, pass through voting, and ESOP terminations.
- Tax-Qualified Plans
Rodey's employee benefits attorneys design and implement all types of tax-qualified plans, including pension plans. We advise clients on ERISA fiduciary issues, including negotiations on fiduciary matters and prohibited transactions with DOL. We also prepare exemption requests and negotiate regarding prohibited transaction exemptions with DOL. We prepare and negotiate VCP, Audit CAP and "John Doe" submissions to IRS; and design and advise regarding early retirement windows, plan mergers and spin-offs, plans covering Native American tribes, "new comparability" design.
- Welfare Benefit Plans
We draft and advise regarding health and welfare plans and flexible benefit plans. We have been asked to negotiate with plaintiffs' counsel regarding subrogation rights and coordination of benefits issues. Further, we draft and advise regarding VEBAs. We advise regarding compliance and remedial actions under COBRA, HIPAA, and FMLA.
- ERISA Litigation
We advise, negotiate, draft and offer expert witness testimony in ERISA litigation involving breaches of fiduciary duty, severance programs, retiree health care coverage and rabbi trusts.
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