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Leslie A. Klein

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Work Department

Tax

Position

Shareholder

Career

Leslie A. Klein is Co-Chair of the Global Benefits & Compensation Practice and has more than 30 years of experience advising publicly held companies, privately held companies, not-for-profit corporations, fiduciaries and executives in all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation. He is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel for his contributions to the advancement of the field of employee benefits.

Concentrations

• Design and provide advice on tax, ERISA and securities laws relating to:
  • Tax qualified retirement plans
  • Nonqualified retirement plans
  • Executive compensation arrangements
  • Senior executive employment agreements
  • Senior executive parachute agreements
  • Senior executive retention and severance agreements
• DOL and IRS voluntary compliance programs
• DOL, IRS and PBGC employee plan audits
• ERISA fiduciary and prohibited transaction rules
• ERISA litigation

Capabilities
Benefits & Compensation
Tax
ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation
Banking & Financial Services

Admission to Practice
Illinois
Arizona

Languages

English

Education

• J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1980
• B.S., Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1977