BackERISA, Employee Benefits, and Executive Compensation

Nelson Mullins advises publicly-held, privately-held, tax-exempt and governmental clients on a wide variety of issues related to the design, preparation, communication, administration and operation of all forms of employee benefit plans and executive compensation programs. In addition, the Firm counsels on the related funding vehicles, including: pension and profit sharing plans, section 401(k) plans, leveraged ESOPs, stock option plans, stock purchase plans, incentive compensation programs, phantom stock plans, "rabbi" trusts, "cafeteria" plans, "sect" trusts, and VEBAs.

Nelson Mullins also provides counsel to, and negotiates on behalf of, these employer clients with respect to employee benefit issues that arise in connection with mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, the structuring of investment transactions which involve employee benefit plan funds, and other business transactions.

Firm attorneys also advise trust departments of major banking entities on a wide range of issues related to their fiduciary and contractual duties that are connected with their employee benefit clients.

Firm attorneys have developed extensive experience representing clients in connection with negotiating and drafting managed health care contracts (and the related performance guarantees and fee incentives) with major insurance companies that provide managed care services for our clients. We also can provide advice on a wide range of health care issues.

Nelson Mullins is involved in substantial ERISA litigation, both class actions and individual suits, in federal and state courts, and in employee benefits related controversies before the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.