Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group helps employers build competitive, tax-efficient, and legally sound programs that support both business growth and talent strategy. Whether you are a privately held company, a pre-IPO venture, or a large public enterprise, we work alongside you to design, implement, and maintain benefit and compensation arrangements that align with your organization’s goals and values.

How Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Attorneys Can Help You

From retirement and health plans to equity-based incentives, we ensure your strategies not only meet compliance requirements, but also strengthen talent retention, risk management, and total rewards.

FRB’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group Provides Dynamic and Complex Assistance with: 

• Plan design, implementation, and termination
• Equity-based compensation grants, including restricted stock, phantom stock, and stock options
• Qualified and nonqualified retirement plans
• Transaction bonus agreements, long-term and short-term incentive structures
• Vendor contract negotiation
• Plan claims & appeals
• IRS and DOL audits
• Form 5500 filings
• Plan corrections using the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System
• Section 280G analysis
• Section 409A corrections
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) obligations
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance
• Consolidated Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requirements
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting

We serve employers and cross-state organizations seeking a partner with both national reach and local oversight. Our full-service platform delivers a seamless multidisciplinary approach, integrating benefits strategy into broader corporate, tax, and employment-law considerations, while providing practical, business-savvy counsel that addresses everyday operating realities and strategic challenges, such as M&A diligence, fiduciary governance, vendor contracting, and IRS and DOL inquiries.

Speak with a Trusted Employee Benefits Attorney

FRB’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group provides you with access to deep technical expertise from a firm with an entrepreneurial mindset and client-first culture to support your team and help your business thrive. Contact us to explore how we can support your business from initial plan design to ongoing compliance to succession planning.