Winston & Strawn LLP ‘s employee benefit and executive compensation department offers a larger range of services to clients than other EBEC teams, such as public company reporting, Title I investment advice, and support on international HR matters. In Chicago, practice co-chair Joseph Adams counsels clients on plan design, compliance with fiduciary duties, and advising equity arrangements amid M&As, divestitures and spin-offs. Also prominent are Washington DC’s David Rogers, frequently consulted for his skills and experience by some of the world’s largest employers for his benefit plan and executive compensation arrangement experience, Amy Gordon, an authority in employee health plans regarding ACA and HIPAA laws, Anne Becker, co-lead of the qualified retirement plan component of the practice, and Erin Weber, who has extensive experience in pension plan de-risking transactions. All named attorneys based in Chicago unless otherwise stated.
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Key clients

  • ADP Inc.
  • Amentum Services, Inc.
  • Applied Materials, Inc.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
  • Carnival Corporation & plc
  • Darden Restaurant
  • Embraer Aircraft
  • Federal Signal Corporation
  • Meredith Corporation
  • Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Providing day-to-day fiduciary advice for Blue Cross Blue Shield in its oversight of pension and 401(k) plans with approximately US$13B in assets.
  • Serving as outside ERISA counsel to Carnival Corporation and its subsidiary, Holland America, Princess, and Seabourne.
  • Providing day-to-day employee benefits and executive compensation advice to Baxter International, Inc advice on its two U.S. pension plans, its U.S. 401(k) plan, and their Puerto Rico pension plan and savings plans, advising on executive compensation arrangements, nonqualified retirement plans, and health and welfare plans, and various additional aspects of their employee benefits portfolio.

Lawyers

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Practice head

Joseph Adams

Other key lawyers

David Rogers; Amy Gordon; Anne S. Becker; Erin Haldorson Weber