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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
500 West 5th Street
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Austin, TX 78701
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Mr Anthony (Tony) Eppert

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512.542.5013 anthonyeppert@huntonak.com View profile

Work Department

Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits, Corporate, Corporate Governance and Board Advisory, Tax, ERISA Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Mr. Eppert leads the Firm’s multi-disciplinary compensation practice, focusing on executive compensation, ESOP transactions, and employee benefit arrangements (including their related tax, accounting, securities and corporate governance issues) in the United States and abroad. Before entering private practice, he served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Richard F. Suhrheinrich of the United States Court of Appeals (Sixth Circuit).

He advises private and publicly-traded clients and their boards of directors on domestic and international compensation matters, he advises clients on compensation and benefit issues associated with corporate transactions, and he structures and implements ESOP transactions. Additionally, Mr. Eppert frequently represents management teams and executive officers in new-hire/termination situations and change-in-control transactions.

Mr. Eppert serves as a member of (i) the Employee Benefits Committee for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, (ii) the Board of Advisors for TheCorporateCounsel.net, (iii) the Board of Directors for the National Association of Stock Plan Administrators (Houston Chapter), (iv) as a member of both the ESOP Association and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, and (v) the Board for the Lake Travis Educational Foundation. Mr. Eppert is the primary speaker at the Executive Compensation Academy and a primary thought leader to the C-Suite Compensation Center.

Memberships

Admitted to the Texas and California State Bars

Education

  • LL.M., (Taxation), New York University, 1999
  • JD, Michigan State University College of Law, cum laude, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, Journal of Medicine and Law, 1998
  • BA, Michigan State University, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP handles the design and administration of various retirement, health and employee stock ownership plans, advising clients on the drafting and maintaining of equity and synthetic equity plans and a number of compensation arrangements. Austin-based co-head Anthony (Tony) Eppert focuses on executive compensation, ESOPs and employee benefit arrangements, while co-head Scott Austin, who is active in the firm’s Dallas office, has particular experience with handling deferred compensation matters, alongside qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans.

United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP specializes in handling the whole spectrum of executive compensation and employee benefits matters arising in complex M&A and SPAC transactions. The team has vast experience of assisting domestic and international corporations across the finance, real estate, and energy sectors, with notable clients such as Sunlight Financial and DTE Energy. Austin-based Anthony Eppert co-heads the group, focusing on ESOPs and employee benefit arrangements, while the other co-head, Scott Austin, regularly advises on qualified retirement plans and executive employment agreements from the Dallas office. Kelly Ultis works in Houston, assisting companies with the design and implementation of new plans, and Jessica Agostinho supports clients with tax-qualified retirement plans from Washington DC. Counsel Michelle Lewis is also noted, operating out of DC.

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