Roberta P. Granadier
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Email address
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248-433-7552Share profile
Band 2
About
Provided by Roberta P. Granadier
Practice Areas
Ms. Granadier’s practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation. She works with private, public and governmental employers on their qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, equity and incentive compensation programs, ESOPs, VEBAs and welfare benefit plans. She has extensive experience with benefits issues in corporate transactions, including transaction documents, change of control agreements and parachute excise taxes, benefits for start-up companies, plan terminations and transition of benefit programs. Her practice includes retirement and compensation planning for key executives and helping clients of all sizes address fiduciary, compliance and strategic issues. Ms. Granadier has assisted companies and their owners in structuring and implementing sales of stock to ESOPs and has also represented bank lenders in ESOP loans. She advises compensation committees, ERISA fiduciaries, in-house counsel and human resource executives on fiduciary best-practices, compliance initiatives and plan design.
Professional Memberships
State Bar of Michigan – Taxation Section; Oakland County Bar Association – Chair and Vice-Chair, Employee Benefits, 1998-2000, 2013-2015; American Bar Association.
Education
Boston University School of Law
J.D.
1985
University of Michigan
B.A.
1981
Awards
Employee Benefits Law
Leading Lawyers
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
The Best Lawyers in America®
"Lawyer of the Year," Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Best Lawyers in America®
2016
Peer AV Preeminent® Rating
Martindale-Hubbell®
“Top Lawyers”, Employee Benefits Law
DBusiness
Employee Benefits Law
Michigan Super Lawyers®
Thanks Badge Award
Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan
Chambers Review
USA
Roberta Granadier advises a wide range of clients on the full gamut of pension and compensation plan issues, including in regard to the sale of ESOP shares and transfer of compensation programs.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Roberta is very helpful and able to advise on complex issues. She understands the business context and provides recommendations that help the situation."
"An exceptional level of service, depth of knowledge and breadth of experience is consistently demonstrated by Roberta."
"Roberta is very helpful and able to advise on complex issues. She understands the business context and provides recommendations that help the situation."
"An exceptional level of service, depth of knowledge and breadth of experience is consistently demonstrated by Roberta."