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Benefits and ERISA
Tax
Qualified Retirement Benefits
Compensation and Severance Programs
Executive Compensation
Fiduciary Counseling and ERISA Compliance
Corporate Transactions
Litigation
The Benefits and ERISA Group at GCA Law Partners LLP offers counseling
and representation on a wide range of benefits and ERISA matters.
Our clients include start-ups, mature, multinational, privately
and publicly-held corporations, tax-exempt organizations, and fiduciaries
and investors of ERISA plan funds. We also work closely with corporate,
employment and litigation attorneys to assist with benefits issues
in corporate transactions and litigation matters. We provide each
client with pragmatic solutions tailored to meet the client’s
particular situation and needs, from cash-conserving retirement
plans for early stage companies to sophisticated incentive, retirement
and deferred compensation for mature companies, to providing fiduciary
and ongoing operational counseling. GCA’s highly expert team
of benefits and ERISA attorneys can take the exceedingly technical
rules and deliver practical solution-oriented advice at a remarkably
low cost.
GCA can assist you with a broad range of benefits and ERISA issues
including:
Tax Qualified Retirement Benefits
- Designing,
implementing and maintaining tax-qualified retirement plans, including
401(k), profit sharing, 403(b), 457, pension and employee stock
ownership plans
- Preparing
plan documents, amendments and SPDs
- All facets
of plan operation, including correcting operational failures and
prohibited transactions
- Understanding
and complying with fiduciary duties
- Handling
benefit claims appeals, controversies and litigation support
- Handling
IRS and DOL audits
- Preparing
IRS determination letter applications, disclosure documents and
governmental filings (Forms 5500, 5330)
Compensation
and Severance Programs
- Non-qualified
deferred compensation plans
- Bonus plans
- Incentive
compensation programs
- Change of
control agreements
- Retention
programs
Executive
Compensation
- Executive
employment and separation agreements
- Severance
plans and golden parachute arrangements
Fiduciary
Counseling and ERISA Compliance
- Counseling
plan committees, trustees and other plan fiduciaries on compliance
with applicable ERISA standards and DOL guidance
- Advising
investment managers, hedge funds and plan investors on full range
of ERISA issues in private and public offerings
- Drafting
investment policy statements, investor adviser agreements, and
compliance checklists and policies
- Counseling
regarding claims handling practices
- Drafting,
negotiating, and reviewing group benefit plans
Corporate
Transactions
- Merger and
acquisition transactions
- Spin-offs
- Joint ventures
- ERISA and
stock option litigation
Litigation
- Representation
of employers, plan administrators, claims administrators, insurers,
and benefit plans against claims brought under ERISA
- Defense of
individual and class ERISA actions
- Analysis
and counsel on cases best suited for alternative dispute resolution
at an early stage
- Representation
of clients in regulatory proceedings
When experience matters. When considering employee benefits,
compensation and ERISA issues, GCA attorneys look at the whole picture,
drawing on the talents of our benefits, employment, and corporate
partners to arrive at the most effective and efficient result for
the client's needs.
Attorneys in the GCA Benefits and ERISA Group include Kathryn
C. Curry, Amiram J. Givon and
Tracy M. Tierney.
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