Ranking tables
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | USA
California: Los Angeles & Surrounds
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
- Barbara Mirza Cooley LLP8 Years Ranked
Fred Reish Faegre Drinker9 Years Ranked
Jeffrey Walbridge O'Melveny & Myers LLP16 Years Ranked- Robin M SchachterRobin M. Schachter Law
Band 3
- Elizabeth Gartland Fenwick4 Years Ranked
Julie Crisp Latham & Watkins LLP2 Years Ranked- Mark Jones Pillsbury1 Years Ranked
Marla Aspinwall Loeb & Loeb LLP4 Years Ranked
Matthew Schonholz Baker McKenzie1 Years Ranked
Michelle L.C. Carpenter Latham & Watkins LLP3 Years Ranked
Michelle Lara DLA Piper LLP (US)1 Years Ranked
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Latham & Watkins LLPEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation2024 | Band 1 | 6 Years RankedLatham & Watkins LLP is recognized as a powerhouse in the employee benefits and executive compensation market. The team offers strength across its Northern and Southern California offices. The practitioners provide comprehensive advice and representation to their clients and play a key role in big-ticket corporate transactions. The firm possesses impressive national and cross-border capabilities.
1 Paul Hastings LLPEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation2024 | Band 1 | 6 Years RankedPaul Hastings boasts a respected ERISA and benefits group with an excellent track record in both contentious and noncontentious proceedings. The team possesses a robust transactional practice that handles related aspects of various high-value deals. The practitioners regularly act on the benefits and compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including cross-border matters. They also advise clients on fiduciary responsibility.
Band 2
2 Cooley LLPEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation2024 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedCooley LLP is able to advise on a variety of executive compensation and employee benefits issues. The team provides counsel on all aspects of retirement, health and welfare, and incentive plans. The group offers particular expertise in compensation and benefits matters involved in corporate transactions including IPOs. The members represent a diverse roster of clients ranging from startups to multinational companies.
2 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation2024 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP houses an accomplished group of executive compensation and employee benefits attorneys, who provide the full range of representation and subject matter expertise in both Northern and Southern California. The team is noted for its experience handling the benefits implications of corporate transactions. The practitioners often advise hedge funds and private equity firms on ERISA matters.
2 Proskauer Rose LLPEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years RankedProskauer Rose LLP has a dedicated team which is well versed in all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation law. Its members have strong expertise in advising on benefits plans such as equity arrangements in transactions. Their clients include Fortune 500 companies and organizations from the retail, healthcare and financial services sectors.
Band 3
3 Faegre DrinkerEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath is noted for its wealth of expertise in employee benefits issues. The team handles a variety of matters on behalf of plan sponsors, service providers and fiduciaries. The members offer expertise in ERISA compliance as well as ESOP transactions. They regularly represent plan sponsors and fiduciaries in relation to IRS and Department of Labor investigations and audits.
3 O'Melveny & Myers LLPEmployee Benefits & Executive Compensation2024 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedO'Melveny & Myers' team is well regarded for its ability to handle tax, securities and corporate matters as they intersect with executive compensation and employee benefits arrangements. The members have particular expertise in DOL regulation and welfare benefit plans. The firm is sought by clients from a range of industries, including the technology, retail and life sciences sectors.