Robert B. Wynne Partner

Experience

• Ongoing representations as outside ERISA counsel to public and private companies on all aspects of the design, administration and regulatory compliance of executive compensation arrangements, tax-qualified defined benefit and defined contribution retirement, health and welfare benefit plans.
• Advise variety of public company clients on executive compensation- and employee benefits-related disclosure obligations under the U.S. securities laws.
• Counsel multiple plan sponsor administrative and investment committees as to ERISA fiduciary considerations and plan governance issues.
• Advise clients as to documentary and operational compliance with 409A rules governing non-qualified deferred compensation.
• Representation of clients as to the design and implementation of voluntary separation programs under ERISA.
• Representation of clients in interactions with the IRS, DOL, and PBGC relating to benefit plans, including plan audits and corrective filings.
• Representation on employee benefits matters in the context of corporate transactions, including conducting due diligence reviews, negotiating terms of the sale and purchase agreements and advising on post-closing operation and integration of plans.
• Representation of clients facing claims for multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability as to legal defenses and settlement.
• Representations of tax-exempt employers as to 401(k), 403(b), 457(b) and 457(f) plans.