Kirkland & Ellis LLP supports public and private companies, as well as private equity funds, through employee benefits issues arising in a wide variety of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, and divestitures. The practice also manages restructuring matters related to qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, ESOPs, multi-employer plans, and health and welfare benefit plans. Austin and New York-based Scott Price represents high-profile executives and management teams in negotiating employment and incentive arrangements, alongside equity arrangements, deferred compensation, severance, and other executive programs. Michael Falk is well-versed in qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, Code Section 409A, Code Section 280G, and the compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, while Alexandra Mihalas focuses on transactional ERISA matters for private and public companies, with a focus on acquisitions and sales by private equity funds. Both Falk and Mihalas are based in the firm's Chicago office.
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Scott Price; Michael Falk; Alexandra Mihalas