Syed Fahad Saghir, A.S.A.

• Assisting clients in complying with various notice, disclosure, and governmental filing requirements of ERISA.
• Counseling clients on plan amendments and administration based on legislative and regulatory updates.
• Advising clients with respect to ERISA matters in structured finance transactions and securitizations.
• Defending plan sponsors and fiduciaries in investigations by the IRS, DOL, and PBGC.
• Negotiating service provider agreements on behalf of plan sponsors and fiduciaries.
• Assisting multiemployer plans and employers in asserting or challenging withdrawal liability assessments.
• Advising on employee benefits issues in corporate transactions, including integration and transition issues.
• Assisting plan sponsors in de-risking strategies of pension plans such as lump sum windows and annuity purchases.

Fahad Saghir is counsel in Alston & Bird’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group whose practice is primarily focused on qualified defined benefit and defined contribution plans, including single-employer, multiemployer and multiple employer plans. As an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and a former retirement actuary, Fahad has a unique comprehension of complex issues involving defined benefit plans. Fahad advises clients on a variety of issues facing plan sponsors and fiduciaries, including plan amendments, plan administration, nondiscrimination, funding, and benefit restriction rules under the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia

Education

• Brigham Young University (J.D., 2006)
• Brigham Young University (B.S., 2003)

Memberships