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 New York City, NY. The ideal candidate will have excellent academic credentials and a strong background in advising on employee benefits and executive compensation issues in M&A transactions.

Duties

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

Requirements

• 3-5 years of law firm experience in employee benefits.
• Strong skills in advising on M&A transactions.
• Bar membership is required.

Education

• Excellent academic credentials.

Certifications

• Bar membership.

Skills

• Proficiency in designing and drafting compensation plans.
• Strong analytical and advisory skills.

Benefits

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

This large New York law firm opened with a labor and leveraged-leasing practice and quickly built a substantial corporate and litigation practice. Today the office is organized into the following practice groups: Business and Finance, Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Taxation, Personal Law, Antitrust, and Trade Regulation. Unlike many other national firms with local offices, the New York office has an independent practice base generated by its attorneys. The New York-based attorneys spend substantially all of their time working on behalf of clients of the New York office. The work environment is fairly casual and conservative, but the attorneys are rewarded with competitive salaries.