Employee Benefits, ERISA & Executive Compensation Attorney

About the role

This opportunity is for experienced attorneys with a focus on employee benefits, ERISA, executive compensation, retirement plans, health and welfare plans, benefits compliance, and executive compensation arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Focus on executive compensation or EBEC-focused law firm experience, including executive employment agreements, severance, change-in-control protections, equity plans, stock options, RSUs, performance shares, profits interests, M&A executive compensation, 280G, 409A, 457(f), 457A, proxy compensation disclosure, comp committee counseling.
• Substantive employee benefits/ERISA law firm experience focused on retirement and qualified plans, including 401(k), pension, profit-sharing, plan design/amendments, plan sponsor counseling, nondiscrimination testing, plan corrections, EPCRS/VFCP, IRS/DOL audits, SECURE/SECURE 2.0, M&A benefits diligence, plan integration.
• ERISA/ESOP law experience, including employee benefits and compensation, ESOPs, 401(k)s, profit-sharing plans, plan drafting/amendment, ERISA compliance, fiduciary duties, plan corrections, M&A benefits due diligence, plan transitions, client relationship development.

Requirements

• Employee benefits, ERISA, executive compensation, tax, or benefits compliance experience.
• Strong drafting and analytical skills.
• Comfortable advising employers, plan sponsors, or executives.
• Relevant bar admission or eligibility.
• Interested in technical benefits and compensation work.

Qualifications

• NY or willing/eligible to waive in/sit for NY bar; NY or willing/able to waive in; IA preferred.

Skills

• Retirement planning
• Tax
• Health
• Employee benefits
• ERISA
• Compliance
• Welfare

Benefits

No specific benefits details provided in the job posting.

Pay

• Rochester / Buffalo, NY: $120K-$170K
• Rochester / Buffalo / Albany, NY: $139K-$192K
• Des Moines / Cedar Rapids / Ames, IA: $160K-$225K

Schedule

• Hybrid / Remote Flexibility / On-site varies by role