Mayer Brown LLP‘s benefits and compensation team has both cross-border and multidisciplinary capabilities, drawing from the strength of the firm’s global resources to deal with complex plan design issues. The practice is led from Palo Alto by Maureen Gorman, valued in both the domestic and international contexts for her tax and benefit expertise and for her counseling on ERISA and fiduciary issues. She is assisted from Washington DC by Erin Cho, valued by hedge funds and private equity clients for her experience in finance regarding investments by benefit plan funds, as well as plan governance and expense issues. From Chicago, Hillary August excels in a wide range of benefit and compensation plan issues, ranging from design and implementation to amendment and risk mitigation.
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Key clients
- Ares Management
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Dow Chemical
- HSBC
- Morgan Stanley
- Northern Trust
- Northrop Grumman
- UBS Asset Management
- Yale University Investments Office
Work highlights
Advising Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on the redesign of their deferred compensation plan and the negotiation of a new related trust agreement and service agreement.
Lawyers
Practice head
Maureen Gorman
Other key lawyers
Erin Cho; Hiliary August