Seth Safra > Proskauer Rose LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

The ‘top notch’ team at Proskauer Rose LLP has a ‘depth of knowledge’ across executive compensation issues, including corporate governance and employment law expertise. The practice is notably capable at advising clients on single-employer plan compliance, multiemployer plan representation, and extensive fiduciary duty guidance. Alongside private equity firms, hedge funds and asset managers, the team cooperate with a range of entertainment, media, healthcare and energy companies. New York-based Robert Projansky works closely with the entertainment industry, with significant work highlights including providing considerable counsel to The Screen Actors Guild, The American Federation of Musicians, and The Metropolitan Opera Association on a variety of complex issues regarding health and welfare plans and pension funds. Team head Paul Hamburger, who is based in Washington DC, has ‘significant subject matter expertise and experience’, and regularly advises national and global employers on IRS audits, health care reform and wellness programs. DC’s Seth Safra co-heads the team and competently handles ERISA, tax, and laws concerning qualified and nonqualified retirement plans. Justin Alex primarily aids financial sponsors on both single-employer and multiemployer pension plans and New Orleans-based Jennifer Rigterink is active on matters involving regulatory, legislative and legal compliance issues.

Key names among Proskauer Rose LLP ‘s diverse client base include the Women’s Tennis Association and The Museum of Modern Art, and more generally the group represents a wide variety of public charities and private foundations, as well as not-for-profit organizations in a range of sectors. Amanda Nussbaum in New York is at the helm of the group alongside Seth Safra in Washington DC and is known for advising not-for-profit clients on matters such as gaining exemption from federal income tax, keeping down unrelated business taxable income, and structuring joint ventures and partnerships with taxable entities. Safra, as a member of the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation group, is adept at advising nonprofit employers on executive employment issues, signifying a wider strength of the group. Another key lawyer is New York-based David Miller, a member of the firm’s tax department, who advises numerous not-for-profit clients day-to-day on tax related issues.

Counting Fortune 500 companies, CEOs of public and private corporations, and C-Suite executives among its list of clients, the Proskauer Rose LLP team has vast expertise in handling all aspects of compensation relating to complex spin-offs and M&A, with a nationwide team advising on all tax, securities, corporate governance, ERISA, and employment law issues. New York-based Andrea Rattner is highly experienced in counselling on benefits matters arising in all types of corporate transactions, while Ira Bogner frequently provides ERISA fiduciary practice expertise in connection with private fund formations. In Los Angeles, Colleen Hart advises executives and boards of directors on the tax planning and securities aspects of employee benefits and compensation matters. From Washington DC, Seth Safra assists clients with their health and welfare plans, and co-heads the team together with Paul Hamburger, who focuses on employee benefit plan-related matters. Robert Projansky, who operates out of the New York office, is knowledgeable on tax-qualification of ERISA-covered pension and welfare plans.