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ERISA & Other Employee Benefits Litigation
ERISA & Other Employee Benefits Litigation
Ranked as one of the top ERISA litigation practices by Chambers USA, Jones Day’s practice is proven – we have tried and won a number of precedent setting ERISA cases.
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Institutional Fiduciary Services
Corporate trustees and other institutional fiduciaries benefit from the depth of our experience regarding the myriad requirements imposed by ERISA’s broad fiduciary standards and prohibited transaction constraints.
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Corporate Bankruptcies
Lawyers in Jones Day's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice have extensive experience handling critical compensation and other employee benefits issues that have been center stage in many of the bankruptcy restructurings and liquidations that have changed the face of American industry in recent years.
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Private Equity/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Lawyers in Jones Day's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice have a wealth of experience advising private equity fund clients on employment, compensation, and benefits issues that arise in connection with acquisitions and exits, as well as with day-to-day matters at the portfolio company level.
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Governmental Employers & Public Pension Plans
Jones Day lawyers who represent public pension plans and their governmental sponsors understand that it is critical to appreciate fully the unique environment in which the governmental employer and public pension plan operate, as well as the complicated mix of federal and state laws that regulate these plans.
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Tax-Exempt Entities & Church Plans
Jones Day lawyers have significant experience counseling tax-exempt entities, health care organizations, and church-related organizations on compensation and benefits issues.
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U.K./European Benefits
Employee Benefits & Compensation lawyers in our London Office, together with our European Benefits Group on the continent, are a key part of the coordinated benefits and compensation services provided by Jones Day on a global basis.
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Executive Compensation
The full-service capabilities of our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation team extend to the many facets of executive compensation arrangements, including CEO-level and other employment, change-in-control, and severance agreements; stock-based incentive plans; supplemental retirement arrangements; deferred compensation plans; and director compensation.
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ERISA Plan Asset Investments
Jones Day has comprehensive knowledge of the ERISA requirements and other legal constraints that apply to both sides of employee benefit plan investments.
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ESOPs & Other Stock-Based Plans
We advise ESOP and 401(k) plan clients about the unique ERISA fiduciary duty issues raised by plan-owned employer stock.
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Compensation & Benefits Counseling for Employers
Jones Day's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation attorneys have decades of experience in, and in-depth knowledge of, the legal frameworks and business environment within which today's compensation and benefits programs operate.
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Mergers & Acquisitions/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
With the experience gained in thousands of transactions, Jones Day’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation lawyers understand deal-making and work closely with lawyers in the Firm's highly-ranked Mergers & Acquisitions Practice to achieve positive and creative results in solving the difficult compensation and benefits issues raised by today’s often complex business transactions.
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Ranked as one of the top ERISA litigation practices by Chambers USA, Jones Day’s practice is proven – we have tried and won a number of precedent setting ERISA cases.
Our full-time ERISA litigators have both procedural and substantive ERISA experience, and we have first hand knowledge of the judges in federal courts nationwide. Our clients are among the world's largest companies, and our cases are high-stakes disputes, often class actions, involving claims for many millions or sometimes billions of dollars.
Keeping our clients out of court is our top priority. To accomplish this end we provide our clients with practical advice about the situations likely to trigger litigation and suggest best practices that a company can adopt to reduce its exposure to lawsuits. If litigation happens, working with lawyers in our Labor & Employment Practice, we have the experience and bench strength to protect our clients’ interests.
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