Proskauer Rose LLP

Proskauer Rose LLP serves as employee benefits counsel to major companies and pension funds, advising on high-value pension and savings plans, executive compensation, and health and welfare matters, as well as pension and benefits aspects of large corporate transactions and leadership transitions. Washington DC-based practice head Seth Safra maintains a full practice advising clients on compensation and benefits in corporate transactions, as well as the day-to-day design and administration of benefit plans and executive compensation programs. He is supported by Andrea Rattner and David Teigman, based in New York, with Rattner managing all types of equity awards, change-in-control, and golden parachute tax issues, and Teigman handling executive compensation and benefit aspects of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and executive employment relationships. The Los Angeles-based Colleen Hart is a key contact for structuring executive compensation programs for private equity firms and their portfolio companies.