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Executive Compensation & Separation Agreements

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Overview

Employers turn to Parker Hudson for creative compensation arrangements that attract and retain executive talent while complying with applicable regulations and avoiding problems before they arise.

We invite your business to lean on our deep bench of experience as you recruit and retain the very best executive leadership. Our attorneys offer comprehensive advice across the whole spectrum of executive benefits and compensation, as well as separation agreements. We emphasize practical solutions, recognizing that you need to motivate executive talent and outshine your competitors in the field while also honoring your larger business priorities and protecting yourself from disputes or sanctions.

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Our approach includes:

  • Ongoing day-to-day advice, interpretation, and support to fiduciary committees, in-house counsel, corporate human resources, and internal finance personnel
  • Comprehensive project management and counseling
  • Strategies, advice, and support for compliance, ranging from fiduciary requirements to government audits, internal compliance measures, and beyond
  • Flexibility and discretion in our pricing, offering the same experience as you would find in larger law firms with fee arrangements that provide better value for the client

Experience includes:

  • Executive agreements
  • 409A compliance
  • 457(b) plans
  • 457(f) plans
  • SERPs
  • Rabbi trusts
  • Retention plans
  • Severance agreements
  • Bonus plans
  • Tax-exempt organizations
  • Mergers & Acquisitions 
  • Plan design
  • Health & welfare benefit plans

Experience

  • Assist a private individual with executive severance package relating to retail public company.
  • Assist Chief Investment Officer of multi-billion dollar endowment in separation of employment.
  • Assist medical group with termination of CEO and negotiation of severance arrangement.
  • Assist family entertainment center business in creation of bonus plan.
  • Assist C-level executive in negotiating employment and equity compensation arrangement.
  • Advised and drafted a severance and retention program for a mid-sized not-for-profit tax-exempt hospital system.
  • Advised and drafted C-suite employment agreements, nonqualified executive compensation plans and agreements, and SERPs for a large not-for-profit tax-exempt hospital system, including guidance on Section 457 rules for tax-exempt employers.
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  • Counseled a Fortune 500 company on Section 409A error corrections that would enable affected executives to avoid tax penalties.
  • Counseled the general counsel and the compensation committee of a mid-sized not-for-profit tax-exempt hospital system on the CEO's separation pay under Sections 457 and 409A.
  • Advised an affiliate of a private equity firm on plan design and market practices for executive deferred compensation plan.
  • Advised and assisted a private petroleum distribution company with employee severance agreements, confidentiality agreements, and ADEA compliance.
  • Represented a mid-sized not-for-profit tax-exempt hospital system in negotiating the separation agreement for a retiring chief medical officer.
  • Represented a large not-for-profit tax-exempt hospital system in negotiating the employment agreement, severance pay, and long-term incentive plan for its CEO.

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