Greenberg Traurig LLP‘s benefits and compensation practice is co-led from Silicon Valley by Magan Ray, valued by some of the technology industry’s largest employers for her experience in employee benefit, health and welfare plan design, implementation and administration, and Miami’s Mindy Leathe, who advises public and private companies on executive compensation arrangements, including equity compensation and long-term incentive plans. Other prominent attorneys are Denver’s Rebecca Hudson, who advises clients on benefit and compensation plan issues during corporate events, Ian A. Herbert (Northern Virginia, Washington DC), highly experienced in plan implementation and compliance issues, and Silicon Valley’s Stephanie Ahmad, who excels in leading clients through the regulatory landscape regarding health and welfare plan design and administration.
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‘Our GT team possesses outstanding expertise and is always timely and efficient with the needs presented. ’
‘Rebecca Hudson is the best outside counsel I have ever retained on health and retirement plan matters. She is exceptional and timely and fair.’
Key clients
- Amazon
- Google, Inc.
- Snap, Inc.
- Intuit
- VMware
- Ross Stores, Inc.
- Qualcomm
- Granite Construction
- Young Life
Work highlights
- Serving as outside counsel to Amazon with respect to employee benefits matters, providing advice and counsel on the full array of benefit plans, including ERISA disclosure and subrogation obligations, and handling ERISA claims and litigation.
- Acting as Google’s outside employee benefits counsel since 2003, providing legal and strategic advice as Google grew from a private company to a publicly traded company.
- Represented VMware, Inc., a US software company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services and claims to be the first to commercially successfully virtualize the x86 architecture.
Lawyers
Next generation partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Magan Ray; Mindy Leathe
Other key lawyers
Rebecca Hudson; Ian A. Herbert; Stephanie Ahmad