Ballard Spahr LLP‘s employee benefit and executive compensation team, renowned in the healthcare and life science industries, has a particular strength in helping clients navigate the ever-changing legal landscape surrounding health benefit plans, advising companies large and small. Based in Philadelphia, practice leader Brian Pinheiro focuses on statutory and regulatory rules concerning tax-qualified retirement plans, pension plans including cash-balance and 401(k) plans, and health and welfare benefit plans, and Edward Leeds focuses on issues relating to the design, administration and taxation of health and welfare plans as well as ACA and HIPAA compliance. Washington DC’s D. Finn Pressly advises on domestic partner benefits, retiree health and welfare plans and assists employers in analyzing the impact of new legislation on benefit schemes.
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Key clients
- Main Line Health, Inc.
- Temple University/Temple University Health System
- Republic Services, Inc.
- Santander
- Inspira Health Network
- Wawa, Inc.
- CSL Behring LLC
- Ricoh USA, Inc.
- Union Pacific Corporation
Work highlights
- Providing ongoing advice to Wawa, Inc. regarding its employee benefits plans, including its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), 401(k) plan and health benefit arrangements.
- Providing ongoing ERISA fiduciary advice to the Investment Committee that serves as a fiduciary for CSL Behring's retirement plans.
- Advising Republic Services, Inc. on employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including fiduciary advice for its internal Benefits Committee, assistance with benefits and compensation issues in M&A transactions, section 409A compliance, development of the executive compensation provisions of the Company’s proxy statement, fiduciary selection of an independent investment advisor.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Brian Pinheiro
Other key lawyers
Edward Leeds; D. Finn Pressley