Our client’s Chicago tax practice is seeking an associate with at least two years of benefits and compensation experience. The group advises businesses on workforce issues in major corporate transactions and ongoing representations, combining compensation, benefits, and employment counsel with tax, securities, and cross-border perspectives.
The Work
- Advise on compensation, employee benefits, and employment issues arising in complex corporate transactions and ongoing client representations.
- Help tailor compensation arrangements in mergers and acquisitions, including transactions involving businesses at different stages of development.
- Address executive compensation and benefits considerations in capital markets transactions, coordinating relevant tax and securities law analysis.
- Work with clients on complex, multi-jurisdictional employment and employee benefits matters, drawing on cross-office and related-practice insights where needed.
- Assist with plan design considerations, including how tax and securities law requirements affect workforce arrangements.
- Partner with clients as an integrated part of their teams to develop practical, commercial solutions to workforce challenges.
What You Bring
- At least two years of experience in benefits and compensation.
- Experience or demonstrated knowledge relating to executive compensation, employee benefits, and employment issues.
- Ability to engage with compensation and benefits issues in corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions or capital markets matters.
- Understanding of how tax and securities law considerations may affect compensation arrangements and plan design.
- Capacity to work collaboratively on complex matters involving multiple legal disciplines and, where relevant, jurisdictions.
Why Consider It
The practice offers exposure to a wide range of compensation, benefits, and employment matters, from significant corporate transactions to multi-jurisdictional workforce issues and plan design.
Associates work in an integrated client-service model and can draw on the firm’s global reach and collaboration across tax, securities, labor and employment, and corporate governance.
Compensation & Benefits
The firm also describes comprehensive benefits and well-being resources.
Estimated base compensation for this experience range is $235,000–$310,000; discretionary bonuses may be available depending on the position and application circumstances.
Confidentiality
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