Martha Steinman

Practice Areas

Martha Steinman's practice focuses on corporate governance, disclosure, securities, and tax matters, advising boards of directors, compensation committees, and senior management.

Career

Martha serves as co-chair of the Hogan Lovells Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice.

She has widespread experience in executive compensation, employee benefits, qualified and non-qualified plans, and welfare plans. She also works with clients to address employee benefit issues in the context of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, guides them through the transaction itself, and on post-closing transition issues.

A significant portion of Martha's practice is in the area of equity and incentive compensation. Additionally, she works with clients to negotiate employment and severance agreements, design compensation packages, and determine retirement planning. Martha also advises companies on traditional employee benefit plan matters. She works with her clients to insure the qualified status of their plans under IRS rules and advises retirement plan committees on ERISA fiduciary matters.

Professional Memberships

Board Member (and past President), New York/New Jersey Chapter of the NASPP; Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel; Immediate Past Chair, Employee Benefits Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation; Vice Chair, Executive Compensation Subcommittee of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Committee of the ABA Section of Business Law