Michael Collins
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Band 4
About
Provided by Michael Collins
Practice Areas
Michael is Co-Chair of the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects employee benefits and executive compensation. His practice runs the full gamut of tax, ERISA, accounting, corporate, and securities law aspects of stock option, SAR, restricted stock, and employee stock purchase plans; tax-qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation; SERPs; executive employment agreements, golden parachutes and other change in control arrangements; severance, confidentiality, and noncompete contracts; performance bonus and incentive plans; director’s pay; rabbi trusts; split dollar life insurance; excess benefit and top hat plans; and the like.
Publications
Michael has published numerous articles on employee benefits and executive compensation topics, including articles in the Labor Lawyer, the Virginia Tax Review, the Journal of Accountancy, New York University Tax Institute Proceedings, and the ABA Preview of Supreme Court Cases.
Personal
Michael graduated with high honors from the University of Notre Dame in 1991 and graduated summa cum laude and second in his class from Notre Dame Law School in 1995
Chambers Review
USA
Michael Collins has extensive experience advising companies on the executive compensation and employee benefits elements of M&A. He routinely acts for public and private companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michael Collins has deep subject matter expertise and provides solid advice."
"Michael Collins has deep subject matter expertise and provides solid advice."
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