A major international law firm has two openings for employee & executive compensation associates.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

---JD, LLB
---with 3-7 years experience in qualified and welfare plans as well as non qualified deferred compensation programs
---Large law firm experience is strongly preferred
---Applicant must be licensed to practice in Illinois.

RESPONSIBILITIES

---Assisting clients with design and drafting for all types of compensation and benefit plans and agreements, plan administration and management, including day-to-day support for in-house benefits personnel regarding plan transactions (e.g., distributions, loans, withdrawals, investment changes, option exercises), participant communications, participant claims and inquiries, and contractual relationships with plan service providers
---Advising multinational companies on regulatory compliance, including compliance with Internal Revenue Code general qualification, nondiscrimination testing and minimum funding requirements, ERISA’s reporting and disclosure, fiduciary, claims procedure, and plan termination requirements, COBRA and HIPAA requirements, and federal securities law requirements applicable to equity compensation arrangements and company stock as a qualified plan investment

---Assisting clients with benefits issues in corporate transactions and restructurings, including due diligence review of target company benefit programs and advice concerning post-closing benefit issues such as plan mergers or asset and liability transfers, plan terminations and discrimination testing issues.
---Representing corporations in employee benefit litigation, from individual claims to significant class-action cases, including plan benefit claims, challenges to cash balance plan conversions, claims related to changes in retiree medical insurance coverage, and fiduciary breach claims against plan sponsors and service providers related to plan asset management and participant communications.