Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Associate
About The Position
This position is for a mid-level Attorney to join the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant role in all aspects of labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies and opposing counsel. The practice is broad-based and encompasses plan design, advice & counsel, and compliance work relating to retirement, health and welfare, and nonqualified deferred compensation and incentive pay plans maintained by private and publicly listed employers. The firm also regularly advises on executive compensation and payroll tax, and healthcare privacy matters. Ideal candidates bring sophisticated, hands-on experience drafting, designing, and negotiating executive employment and compensation arrangements; structuring equity and other incentive programs; managing compensation and benefits issues in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions; and counseling on compensation-related disclosure and corporate governance.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor.
- Must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in the state of employment.
- Meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice during employment.
- Familiarity addressing tax issues applicable to employee benefit plans under the Internal Revenue Code.
- Familiarity with relevant employee benefits laws such as ERISA, the ACA, COBRA, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects independently while collaborating effectively.
- Superior written and oral communication, research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet demanding deadlines.
- Strong academic credentials.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with IRC Sections 409A and 280G.
- Executive compensation and employee benefits experience in a law-firm setting.
- Familiarity with securities compliance.
- Familiarity with qualified plan design and operation.
- Familiarity with ERISA fiduciary and pension investment matters.
- Familiarity with cross-border compensation arrangements.
Responsibilities
- Assume a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice.
- Assume a significant role in all aspects of labor and employment law.
- Engage in extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies and opposing counsel.
- Draft, design, and negotiate executive employment and compensation arrangements.
- Structure equity and other incentive programs.
- Manage compensation and benefits issues in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.
- Counsel on compensation-related disclosure and corporate governance.
Benefits
- Comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat
- CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement
- Several competitive annual bonus programs
- 401(k) plan
- Affordable health insurance
- Life insurance
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses
- Employee assistance program
- Back-up childcare program
- Paid parental leave on-ramping program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
