Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 1
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Provided by Groom Law Group, Chartered
Groom has been at the forefront of developments in the nation’s benefits, health, and retirement laws since Congress passed ERISA in 1974. With more than 90 attorneys dedicated to the employee benefits practice, Groom offers clients unparalleled coverage of issues and disputes arising from ERISA, the Tax Code, securities laws, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, ADEA, and the many other laws that govern employee benefits.
Groom’s services include (1) assisting employers with workplace and personnel issues, benefit design, plan funding and restructuring, executive compensation, litigation, and advocacy; (2) counseling managed care organizations, insurance companies, trade associations, and others on a wide range of health and welfare matters, including federal and state health insurance regulation, government programs, privacy and security issues, product design, federal and state audits and investigations, federal and state advocacy, and litigation; and (3) representation of retirement plan sponsors and financial institutions and advisers on matters that include investment of plan assets, IRAs, HSAs, design/delivery of products and services in the retirement plan marketplace, audits and investigations, litigation, and advocacy.
Honors:
- 2018 Chambers USA Award for Excellence for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Consistently ranked Band 1 for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation by Chambers USA
- Tier 1, Employee benefits & executive compensation – design by Legal 500 US
Chambers Review
Groom Law Group, Chartered is a boutique employee benefits firm celebrated for its breadth, advising on the full panoply of employee benefits and compensation issues including health and welfare, ERISA Title I fiduciary responsibility matters, multiemployer plans and executive compensation arrangements. The group regularly advises corporate clients on the design and implementation of various executive compensation arrangements, including deferred compensation and equity compensation plans.
Cochair of the firm's retirement services and fiduciary practices Jennifer Eller in Washington, DC is a key contact.
Work Highlights
- Groom advised Royal Bank of Canada on how to comply with Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 and other exemptions in the conduct of its wealth management business.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Groom is able to provide insight into the industry as well providing analysis of complex questions facing our company."
"Groom has the expertise to handle complex and sophisticated matters."
"Groom is able to provide insight into the industry as well providing analysis of complex questions facing our company."
"Groom has the expertise to handle complex and sophisticated matters."
Members
Provided by Groom Law Group, Chartered
Head of Department
Malcolm Slee
Head of Department