AREA OF PRACTICE
Tax
Adam B. Cantor is a partner in the Tax Group at Brown Rudnick. He focuses on employee benefits, ERISA, employment law, executive compensation, including SEC proxy and Dodd-Frank compliance, deferred compensation, including 409A planning and compliance, and business succession planning, including ESOP transactions. His clients include private and public companies (including compensation committees), hedge funds, private equity investors, limited liability companies, partnerships, non-profit organizations and individuals.
Representation
Adam has advised clients on wide variety of employee benefits, ERISA, executive compensation, deferred compensation, employment law and business succession planning matters, including:
Design and compliance issues relating to qualified retirement plans, including controlled group and EPCRS issues
409A planning and compliance for nonqualified deferred compensation plans and employment, severance and change in control agreements
Discharge of fiduciary duties by administrative and investment committees of 401(k) and other qualified retirement plans
ERISA prohibited transaction avoidance and correction, including Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program applications
Equity compensation design and compliance, including stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock and LLC- and partnership-based equity compensation arrangements
Structuring and negotiation of executive compensation and benefits packages on behalf of both companies and executives (with special expertise in 409A, 162(m) and 280G issues)
Dodd-Frank, SEC and Exchange compliance by compensation committees of public companies
Proxy disclosure for public companies relating to executive and director compensation
Best practices for compensation committees and boards of directors of private companies and boards of trustees of non-profit organizations with respect to executive compensation matters
Intermediate sanctions compliance and excess benefit transaction avoidance for executives of non-profit organizations and IRS Form 990 reporting related thereto
Structuring of employee benefits-related business transactions, including ESOP purchases of employer stock and qualified plan spin-offs, mergers and consolidations
Employee benefits issues and planning opportunities arising in connection with corporate transactions and bankruptcy proceedings
Negotiations with governmental agencies, including the IRS, DOL and PBGC
Mitigation strategies for employers with respect to multiemployer withdrawal liability
Welfare plan design and compliance, including COBRA, HIPAA, HITECH and Health Care Reform
Adam structures and manages employee benefits-related business transactions such as ESOP purchases of employer stock and qualified plan spin-offs, mergers and consolidations. In addition, he counsels compensation committees of public companies with respect to executive compensation matters and, in connection therewith, has developed compensation committee charters, executive officer and director ownership policies, equity grant policies, management bonus and retention plans and clawback policies. He also represents clients in their dealings with the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and various other government bodies.
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