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 (title and hours can be flexible). The position can be filled in any of the following office locations: Denver, Indianapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Naples, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa, Tucson, with remote consideration available.

Responsibilities

• Provide counsel on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation, including benefits and compensation issues in the context of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
• Research tax and ERISA issues affecting the design and operation of retirement plans, welfare and fringe benefit plans, compensation arrangements and executive agreements and plans.
• Review statutory and regulatory changes and assist with client advice regarding effective compliance strategies with these developments.
• Assist with due diligence, purchase agreement review, plan terminations, and benefits integration in the corporate transactions context.
• Draft employment agreements, equity and phantom equity incentive arrangements and transaction bonus agreements.
• Complete IRS and Department of Labor correction program filings.
• Counsel with respect to ESOP transactions and ongoing administration.
• Counsel with respect to Code Section 409A compliance.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of law firm experience in employee benefits and executive compensation; title and hours can be flexible. Ability to work in any of the listed office locations or remotely.