Holland & Knight LLP

Sean Sullivan is a tax attorney in Holland & Knight's Nashville office and serves as the co-practice group leader of the Tax, Executive Compensation and Benefits Practice. Mr. Sullivan focuses his practice on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), employee benefits and executive compensation.

ESOPs. Mr. Sullivan regularly represents companies, sellers, trustees and lenders in ESOP transactions and ongoing ESOP administration. Mr. Sullivan has extensive experience in ESOP negotiations, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) compliance and fiduciary considerations.

Employee Benefits. Mr. Sullivan frequently represents plan sponsors on matters related to tax-qualified retirement plans, including traditional pension plans, as well as welfare and fringe benefit programs. He regularly represents clients before the IRS, DOL and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) on a broad range of employee benefit issues. Mr. Sullivan also advises clients on the many employee benefit issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Executive Compensation. Mr. Sullivan regularly negotiates and drafts equity, change of control, deferred compensation, employment, bonus and other compensation-related agreements and plans, as well as related public disclosure statements.

Industry Focus. Mr. Sullivan has particular experience on the employee benefit issues faced by companies in the healthcare, life sciences, education and retail industries.