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McDermott Will & Emery LLP
28 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109-1775
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Work Department

Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Position

Alden J. Bianchi is an experienced Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation lawyer who advises corporate, not-for-profit, governmental and individual clients on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans.

Alden represented the Romney Administration in connection with the historic 2006 Massachusetts health care reform act, and he testified before the Senate Finance Committee in the lead-up to the Affordable Care Act. His published works include the Bloomberg/Bureau of National Affairs Health Care Reform Advisor, a comprehensive study of the impact of the Affordable Care Act on employers and employer-sponsored group health plans. Alden also serves as the current chair of the Bloomberg Tax Compensation Planning Journal Advisory Board.

Lawyer Rankings

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

McDermott Will & Emery LLP has an experienced team that advises clients on retirement plans, fringe benefits, ESOPs, fiduciary duties and plan investment, as well as the potential impact SECURE 2.0 may have on their businesses. The group demonstrates a particular specialism in healthcare matters, advising multinational and financial services corporations on a number of varying health and welfare plans. Furthermore, the practice is abreast of emerging challenges for businesses to navigate, such as increased DOL audits in the wake of strengthened cybersecurity attacks on employee retirement plans, travel expenses in a post-Covid work environment, and redesigning benefit plans in response to Dobbs vs Jackson. Boston team and wider practice head Andrew Liazos is a trusted advisor to both multinational companies and individual entrepreneurs and executives, providing expert advice pertaining ERISA, fiduciary duties, executive compensation matters, and pay, bonus and severance issues. The Chicago-based Todd Solomon handles pension, profit sharing, and employee stock ownership plans, while Allison Wilkerson focuses on the design and implementation of non-qualified plans and executive compensation arrangements from the firm’s Dallas office. Counsel Alden Bianchi strengthened the team in Boston, arriving from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. in December 2022.