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WilmerHale Offices
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BOSTON, MA 02109
MASSACHUSETTS
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Amy Null
Work Department
Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits; Tax Futures and Derivatives; Regulation and Documentation; Private Equity
Position
Partner
Career
Amy Null has broad experience advising employers and financial industry service providers on ERISA, federal income tax law, and other rules and regulations concerning employee benefit plans.
Ms. Null counsels employers with respect to structuring and compliance aspects of retirement, health and other employee benefit plans and executive compensation programs. In addition, she works with financial services and other business clients that provide human resources and employee benefit services and products. This aspect of Ms. Null’s practice utilizes her knowledge of ERISA, the tax law, and the health and welfare regulatory regimes including HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Null was an attorney advisor for the US Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Policy from 1998 to 2000, where she worked closely with representatives of the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor and other regulatory agencies in developing legislative proposals and regulatory guidance applicable to employee benefit plans. During her government service, Ms. Null devoted substantial time to projects on cash balance pension plans, HIPAA and retirement plans of tax-exempt employers.
Professional Activities
Ms. Null is past chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Exempt Organization and Government Plans Subcommittee and past chair of the Boston Bar Association’s ERISA Committee. She is a frequent national speaker on recent employee benefits issues, including as a panelist in the ALI-ABA programs on pension, profit-sharing, welfare and other compensation plans. In connection with the ABA, she has also participated in IRS agent training sessions on the audit of 403(b) plans (as a private practice representative) and has been actively involved in commenting to the IRS and Treasury on regulatory guidance, including the ABA Tax Section, Employee Benefits Committee, 2012 proposals for tax simplification and reform. Ms. Null is a member of the ABA Tax Section’s Employee Benefits Committee and the Boston Bar Association.
Memberships
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
Other Organizations:
American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Education
Harvard Law School , J.D. cum laude (1991)
Haverford College , B.A. (1988)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
WilmerHale advises buyers, sellers, and debtors in M&A, with a particular focus on defined benefit plans and multi-employer withdrawal liabilities. The firm has a strong track record with biotech clients, representing companies including Solid Biosciences, Decibel Therapeutics, and Akouos. Boston-based Kim Wethly chairs the tax department and deals with executive compensation-related tax, corporate securities, and accounting issues. Amy Null, also in Boston, guides financial industry service providers through ERISA and employee benefit plan regulations. In Washington DC, Ciara Baker specializes in advising public and private corporate clients on equity compensation, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, and change in control agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense