Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

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Provided by Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The attorneys in our employee benefits and executive compensation group regularly advise clients of all sizes in establishing benefit plans and maintaining such plans in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations. Our clients range from publicly and privately held companies, non-profits, trade associations and governmental entities. Our attorneys have broad experience with all laws affecting benefit programs, including: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), The Internal Revenue Code, federal and state securities laws and relevant state insurance laws.

Vorys attorneys monitor the evolving federal and state laws and regulations and advise clients on resulting compliance challenges. Vorys employee benefits and executive compensation attorneys also regularly provide advice on the design and operation of executive compensation arrangements (including employment agreements, deferred compensation plans, supplemental retirement plans, cash- and equity-based incentive programs and executive perquisites); qualified retirement plans (including pension, profit-sharing, 403(b), 457 plans); welfare benefits (including fully insured and self-insured medical, dental, vision, life and severance benefits for single employers and multiple employer welfare arrangements); corrections (including VCP, VFCP, self-correction); mergers and acquisitions (including diligence, transaction structuring and post-transaction integration issues); and ERISA litigation.