Employee Benefits Midlevel Associate

Job Overview
A law firm seeks a highly qualified midlevel associate with 3-5 years of law firm experience to join their Employee Benefits practice in Palo Alto, CA. The ideal candidate will have excellent academic credentials and expertise in advising on employee benefits and executive compensation issues in M&A transactions.

Duties

• Advise on employee benefits and executive compensation in M&A transactions.
• Design, draft, and operate executive employment agreements.
• Develop nonqualified deferred compensation plans.
• Create equity compensation plans and agreements.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of law firm experience.
• Strong skills in employee benefits and executive compensation.
• Bar membership is required.

Education

• Excellent academic credentials.

Certifications

• Bar membership.

Skills

• Expertise in M&A transactions.
• Proficiency in designing compensation plans.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and other benefits.
• 401(k) eligibility.
• Various paid-time-off benefits, including vacation, sick time, and parental leave.

This large law firm opened with a labor and leveraged-leasing practice and quickly built a substantial corporate and litigation practice. Today, the firm focuses its practice on business and finance, investment management, litigation, labor and employment, real estate and environmental issues. Attorneys at the firm enjoy a faily casual, though conservative, environment where partners tend to be collegial and offer excellent formal and informal training programs. In addition to recieving fair market salaries, associates at the firm have the opportunity to participate in award winning pro bono work.