Bracewell LLP

Employee Benefits and ERISA

Allison Perry focuses on employee benefits, executive compensation, and employment tax, drawing on eight years of in-house experience as the lead employment tax advisor for Shell in the United States and 15 prior years in private practice. Allison works with clients of all sizes on a broad range of employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, employment agreements, severance arrangements, change-in-control agreements, equity-based compensation, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, welfare benefit plans, other fringe benefit arrangements, and the implications of IRC Sections 162(m), 409A, and 280G. Her work spans the full lifecycle of employee benefit and executive compensation arrangements — from design and implementation through administration and compliance — including non-discrimination requirements, contributions and distributions, plan amendments, and voluntary compliance program submissions.

The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2003

The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1999