Christopher T. Collins > Vedder Price > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vedder Price Offices
222 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2600
CHICAGO, IL 60601-1003
ILLINOIS
United States
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Christopher T. Collins
Work Department
Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits
Position
Shareholder
Career
Mr. Collins assists employers on all aspects of employee benefits, focusing on retirement and welfare plan design, qualification and compliance. He frequently advises employers regarding benefit issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions and U.S. Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service correction programs. Mr. Collins also represents companies and executives in the design and negotiation of executive compensation arrangements, such as nonqualified deferred compensation plans and equity compensation plans.
Mr. Collins regularly counsels clients on HIPAA privacy issues and has written extensively on the HITECH Breach Notification Rule. He has also assisted clients in responding to security incidents involving health- and employment-related information.
Mr. Collins is an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he teaches Employee Benefits Law.
Memberships
- Past Co-Chair, Employee Benefits Committee of the Young Lawyers Section, Chicago Bar Association
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Co-Chair, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Interest Group, Health Law Section, American Bar Association
Education
- IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2002, with high honors
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1996
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
Vedder Price, a practice that has both ‘depth and expertise’, has a number of specialisms, including SEC disclosure, corporate law and the tax implications of executive compensation, employee benefits and retirement plans. The firm also handles a variety of day-to-day design issues as well as retirement and welfare benefit plans, alongside C-suite and executive compensation and employment arrangements. Practice head Christopher Collins has a particular focus on retirement and welfare plan design, qualification and compliance. ‘Responsive’ and ‘intelligent’ Thomas Hancuch primarily focuses on employee benefit plan design, such as ERISA compliance, while Kelly Starr has experience of negotiating and structuring executive employment agreements, executive compensation, and benefit arrangements. All listed attorneys are based in Chicago.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense