Our practice is focused exclusively and extensively on the complex and changing laws, regulations, and rulings that apply to employee benefits and executive compensation. One of our primary goals is to comfort our clients with the knowledge that they have experienced legal professionals guiding them through the maze of benefits and compensation requirements, restrictions, limitations, and exceptions. We assist clients, their advisors and benefits professionals with consultation, advice and documents in connection with the implementation of all types of employee benefits plans. Our attorneys work with business and benefits professionals to perform due diligence and the integration analysis required in corporate merger and acquisition transactions. We assist with the implementation of all types of executive compensation arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation, stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units, and phantom stock. Our executive compensation services include drafting plan documents and proxy summaries, providing advice and analysis on the impact of Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A and 162(m) and other tax issues, and assisting in the analysis of the application of non-tax issues, including ERISA, federal securities regulation, and corporate governance and institutional shareholder issues.