Employee Benefits Associate Job at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY

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  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Katten, a global Am Law 100 law firm, is seeking a highly qualified Associate to join its Tax Department in the Employee Benefits Practice Group in the New York office.

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm’s core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.

Responsibilities

Candidates will be working on a variety of employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including due diligence in mergers & acquisitions. The position requires drafting, negotiating and counseling on executive compensation arrangements, public company executive compensation programs and M&A transactions, and research and counseling on compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, and other laws governing employee benefit plans.

The ideal candidate will also handle work in other areas of ERISA, such as qualified plans counseling and corrections, ESOPs, ERISA Title I aspects of fund formation and investment management and/or handling the ERISA aspects of real estate, private credit, or structure finance transactions.

Qualifications

  • JD, LLM and/or LLB degree and 4-7 years of experience in employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including due diligence in mergers & acquisitions (with substantial experience in private equity transactions).
  • The ideal candidate will also have experience with other areas of ERISA practice, such as qualified plans counseling and corrections, ESOPs, ERISA Title I aspects of fund formation and investment management, and/or handling the ERISA aspects of real estate, private credit, or structure finance transactions.
  • All candidates must have excellent academic credentials, strong writing skills, and a client-team focused approach.
  • Candidates are required to be bar licensed to practice or eligible to waive into the New York Bar.
  • Qualified applicants should include a resume and copy of law school transcript with their application.

Salary determinations are made based on numerous factors, such as, but not limited to experience/job history and class/graduation year of the selected candidate.

We offer an outstanding benefit package which includes: medical/dental/vision, 401k with employer contribution, parental leave, transportation fringe benefit program, back-up care option, generous paid time off policy and long-term and short-term disability policies.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Tags

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