Calfee's nationally recognized Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group advises business and governmental clients on managing their most challenging legal and business issues related to benefits and compensation.
In addition to extensive experience with tax-qualified retirement and employee health and welfare benefit plans, the group’s practice also has a significant focus on the design and implementation of sophisticated executive compensation programs, ESOPs, merger and acquisition matters, and ERISA litigation.
Calfee represents publicly and privately held corporations, nonprofit organizations, banks and trust departments, and government entities in all phases of designing and administering employee benefit and retirement programs.
Calfee regularly advises large employers and governmental retirement systems on designing and administering their employee benefit plans, including drafting plan documents and summary plan descriptions, administering claims requests and appeals, and negotiating with recordkeepers, third-party plan administrators, pharmacy benefit managers and other service providers.
In addition, Calfee advises clients with large pension plans and 401(k) plans on matters related to the investment of their plan assets, such as investment manager and adviser arrangements, investments in private equity and hedge funds, transition management arrangements and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Chambers USA Band 2 Ranking (Ohio)
Our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group is consistently recognized by Chambers USA.
In 2019, one source told Chambers USA researchers that "The team is very impressive, and the attorneys are all subject matter experts in the different areas of employees benefits. They also seem to have a wonderful, collaborative culture in which they work together and take pride in their mutual partnership."
One client noted: "I am very pleased with the firm's client service and the responsiveness of its attorneys. We engage Calfee as I know we will get a consistently high level of service,”
Chambers researchers further reported that a client commented, “I’m lucky to have this team supporting me.”
"Best Law Firms" National Rankings for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and ERISA Litigation by U.S.News–Best Lawyers in America 2020
Calfee was selected for inclusion to "Best Law Firms" for ERISA Litigation (National Tier 2, Metropolitan Tier 1 Cleveland) and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (National Tier 3, Metropolitan Tier 1 Cleveland) by U.S.News–Best Lawyers in America 2020.
Executive Compensation
Qualified Retirement Plans
Health and Welfare Benefits
Investment Management
Regulatory Compliance
Mergers and Acquisitions
ESOPs
ERISA Litigation
A list of Calfee's representative Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice clients include the following:
Chambers USA researchers reported that Calfee's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group is known as a "respected practice that works with a wide range of clients, including nonprofit organizations, public entities and private corporations. Areas of expertise include issues such as employee benefit and retirement plans...[with] noted capabilities in ESOPs, ERISA litigation and M&A issues."
Chambers USA 2018
