Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
The lawyers providing counsel in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation practice exclusively in this area and possess a unique set of skills and experience targeted at solving increasingly critical and complex benefits and compensation issues for our clients.
EXPERIENCE
Success in today’s global economy often depends on a company’s ability to attract, motivate and retain talented people. This presents our clients with both challenges and opportunities when making decisions about compensation and benefits. From analyzing and designing innovative and cost-effective compensation and benefits programs to implementing and operating those programs, our employee benefits and executive compensation lawyers guide our clients each step of the way. Our services track to three major areas:
· Tax-qualified plans
· Executive compensation
· Health and welfare
COVERING THE FIELD
While we have tremendous advantages over other firms based on the size of our group alone, it is our substantial depth and experience across the entire field of employee benefits and executive compensation that set us apart. The partners and counsel practicing in this area have an average of more than 15 years of experience. We have attorneys who have defined their practices to deal exclusively with 401(k) plans, ESOPs and other tax-qualified plans, while others practice in the critical field of executive compensation. The health and welfare area has gained considerable importance as a separate specialty. These specialists grapple daily with cutting edge issues in these distinct areas, and that enables us to provide a sure and steady hand to our clients whatever the particular issues at stake.
RECOGNITION
Our lawyers are consistently ranked among the leaders in the field. One is a recognized authority on executive compensation issues and is frequently quoted in mainstream business publications. Another is one of the foremost authors in the health and welfare benefits area. Six of the lawyers are listed in The Best Lawyers in America. We also are the only law firm in the country to have an admitted, practicing lawyer who is also a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (F.S.A.).
WHY ALSTON & BIRD?
We take a proactive approach in considering and dealing with the maze of statutory and regulatory rules governing employee benefits and executive compensation. That approach, coupled with our experience in dealing with actual “real life” situations across the field of employee benefits and executive compensation, gives us a unique perspective about how to formulate creative yet realistic approaches to our clients' employee benefits and compensation matters.