Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Attorney

About the Role

Quarles and Brady, LLP, a leading national law firm, seeks an Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation attorney with at least 8 years of law firm experience. The position can be filled in any of the following office locations: Denver, Indianapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Naples, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa, or Tucson, with remote consideration available. Title and hours can be flexible.

Responsibilities

• Counseling on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation, including benefits and compensation issues in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Researching tax and ERISA issues affecting retirement plans, welfare and fringe benefit plans, compensation arrangements, and executive agreements.
• Reviewing statutory and regulatory changes and assisting clients with compliance strategies.
• Assisting with due diligence, purchase agreement review, plan terminations, and benefits integration in corporate transactions.
• Drafting employment agreements, equity and phantom equity incentive arrangements, and transaction bonus agreements.
• Completing IRS and Department of Labor correction program filings.
• Counseling on ESOP transactions and ongoing administration.
• Ensuring compliance with Code Section 409A.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of law firm experience in employee benefits and executive compensation.
• Significant experience in counseling on benefits and compensation issues in corporate transactions.
• Experience with tax and ERISA issues, regulatory changes, and compliance strategies.
• Proficiency in drafting employment agreements, equity arrangements, and transaction bonus agreements.
• Familiarity with IRS and Department of Labor correction programs.
• Knowledge of ESOP transactions and Code Section 409A compliance.