Korn Ferry has partnered with a national, full-service law firm seeking an Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Counsel to provide comprehensive legal guidance on benefits and compensation matters for a wide range of clients. No book of business is necessary.

• Focus on ERISA and employee benefits litigation but will also provide counsel including plan design and drafting, tax compliance, fiduciary and investment issues, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy compliance.
• Additional experience advising clients on employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions, as well as qualified plan counseling and compliance issues.
• Provide employee benefits services to clients, counselling corporate, non-profit, educational, and governmental entities in connection with the design and operation of their benefit and compensation plans and arrangements.
• Regularly collaborates with various professionals in human resources, finance, accounting, and other industries in order to efficiently provide practical, effective, and prudent solutions to benefits issues.
• Represent various types of employee benefits plans, including tax-qualified defined contribution (including 401(k), 403(b), and 457(b) plans) and defined benefit retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, health and welfare plans, fringe benefit programs, ESOPs, ESPPs, and equity-based plans.
• Represent matters involving single-employer, multiple employer, and multiemployer benefit plans.

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school
• Admission to State Bar
• Must have at least 7 years of executive compensation and employee benefits, or at least one.
• Experience working at a law firm and or in-house counsel
• Extensive experience representing public and private organizations with local, national and multinational operations.
• Strong writing and analytical skills.
• Candidates should have an excellent academic background, and possess excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills.

• Base salary 265K-300K, depending on level of experience,
• Medical/Vision/Dental insurance
• 401K Plan

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