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 the Employee Benefits practice in Chicago, IL. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in advising on employee benefits and executive compensation issues in M&A transactions, as well as experience in designing, drafting, and operating executive employment, nonqualified deferred compensation, and equity compensation plans and agreements.

Duties

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

Requirements

• 3-5 years of law firm experience in employee benefits.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Bar membership required.

Education

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree.

Certifications

• Bar membership.

Skills

• Expertise in employee benefits and executive compensation.
• Proficiency in M&A transactions.
• Strong drafting and operational skills for 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.