Senior Employee Benefits (Executive Compensation) Associate Attorney

Chicago office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks a senior employee benefits (executive compensation) associate attorney with 7 years of knowledge of/experience in executive compensation and employee benefits, specifically in areas of executive compensation, design, and implementation of equity-based compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation; Section 409A, Section 280G, securities, executive employment agreements, executive severance agreements and change in control agreements, and employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions/downsizing. The candidate should preferably have experience with profits interests, partnership tax, global equity compensation, and private equity. Candidates with some or a combination of experience in these areas are encouraged to apply. Should preferably have prior executive compensation experience. Admission to practice law in one of the following jurisdictions is mandatory: Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, or Washington, DC is mandatory.

The candidate should have the highest level of legal and practical problem-solving skills, strong oral presentation, and client relations acumen. Must possess strong academic credentials and have excellent communication and writing skills, especially in distilling complex matters into easy-to-understand, actionable advice. Juris Doctorate degree required.

Here is a firm with a strong presence in the Midwest that is well known for its expertise in labor and employment law. The firm actually is considered a trend setter in the areas of labor and employment law, and its attorneys are well known for their abilities in this field throughout the United States. Despite this strong expertise, this firm has grown into a powerful full service firm and has strong practice groups in litigation, corporate, tax, government contracts/technology, bankruptcy, immigration, entertainment, environmental, real estate transactions, employee benefits, estate planning and other areas of law. Associates who have interviewed with this firm are impressed with the fact that the firm appears to do extremely good work and is in a serious growth mode. From our observations, the growth of this firm appears to have been very intelligent and deliberate. Despite the fact that this is a branch office, there do appear to be opportunities for significant associate advancement here.