Executive Compensation & Benefits
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Global Transactional and Restructuring Capabilities
Weil’s Executive Compensation and Benefits lawyers are strategically located in the United States and United Kingdom. Our lawyers work in close coordination with the Firm’s M&A, Private Equity, Private Funds and Restructuring practices, and regularly advise global clients on the legal and financial risks associated with compensation and benefit arrangements that arise in these types of commercial matters — many of which require sensitive issues for senior management, transition planning and compensation.
Trusted Advisor to Public and Private Companies
Instrumental in the Design and Negotiation of Executive Employment and Compensation Arrangements.
Weil also regularly counsels clients in connection with ERISA, pension investments and fiduciary matters; equity and incentive compensation plans; nonqualified pension plans; and employment, severance, and change-in-control agreements. We frequently appear on behalf of clients before regulatory agencies such as the IRS, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and Department of Labor.
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Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: New York
Chambers USA 2020
Weil Ranked Tier 1 for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Legal 500 US 2020
Four Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Partners Named Among the 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers
Lawdragon
Ranked Tier 1 for National: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" 2020*
*Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Paul Wessel named Benefits "MVP"
Law360 2018
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Awards and Recognition
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: New York Award Brief — Chambers USA 2020
- Weil Ranked Tier 1 for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Award Brief — Legal 500 US 2020
- Four Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Partners Named Among the 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers Award Brief — Lawdragon
- Weil Ranked Tier 1 for National: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Award Brief — U.S. News - Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2020 (Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners)
- Weil’s Paul Wessel Profiled as a 2018 Benefits MVP Award Brief — Law360
Speaking Engagements
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PLI’s Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2021: Pay, Performance and Perspectives
Speaker(s):
Amy M. Rubin
February 03, 2021 — Weil partner Amy Rubin spoke on a panel titled “Acqui-hiring” a Taste for Earnouts and Other M&A Pay Practices” as part of PLI’s Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2021: Pay, Performance and Perspectives. The panel discussed what Acqui-hiring is; compensation issues affecting M&A where private companies are involved; acquiror, target and executive perspectives; and other issues and developments.
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TEI’s 75th Virtual Annual Conference
Speaker(s):
Joseph M. Pari,
Paul J. Wessel,
Devon Bodoh and
Amy M. Rubin
October 26-28, 2020 — Co-Chairs of Weil’s Tax Department Joseph Pari and Paul Wessel spoke on a panel titled “Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Taxation for the In-House Tax Professional,” Head of Weil’s international and cross-border Tax practice Devon Bodoh spoke on a panel titled “Cross-Border Restructurings: A Focus on Section 367” and Weil Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Amy Rubin spoke on a panel titled “Compensation and Benefits Taxation – TCJA, Cross-Border, and M&A Dimensions” as part of TEI’s 75th Virtual Annual Conference.
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Magellan Health in its $2.2B Merger with Centene Corporation Deal Brief — January 04, 2021
- Weil Advises American Securities in its Pending Acquisition of Beacon’s Interior Products Business Deal Brief — December 21, 2020
Latest Thinking
- Sun Capital Update: First Circuit Rules Affiliated Investment Funds Not Responsible for Portfolio Company’s Pension Liability, Reversing District Court Alert — By Sarah Downie and Maliha Ikram — PDF — November 25, 2019
- Change Of Control And Its Effect On Incentive Equity Publication — Law360 — By Michael Nissan — May 16, 2016
- Sun Capital ERISA Litigation – Private Equity Funds Held Liable for Pension Obligations Alert — By Paul J. Wessel and Steven M. Margolis — PDF — April 2016
- SEC Proposes CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule Alert — SEC Disclosure & Corporate Governance — September 18, 2013
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Conclusion that PE Funds are Potentially Liable for Pension Obligations of Portfolio Companies Blog Post — Weil Restructuring — By Paul J. Wessel — May 06, 2014