Top AmLaw 100 national law firm seeks an associate to join their Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group in their Chicago or Dallas office.

The ideal candidate must have 3 years of experience in a broad range of executive compensation and benefits matters, including executive compensation and benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, taxation issues related to executive compensation arrangements (including Sections 409A and 280G of the Internal Revenue Code), design and negotiation of employment and other executive compensation arrangements, compensation-related disclosure, and corporate governance matters, and ERISA fiduciary and pension investment issues (including VCOC/REOC structuring). Interested candidates must possess a high level of academic achievement, solid law firm experience, and superb problem-solving, writing, and communication skills. The successful applicant will help clients design, implement and ensure the compliance of employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements with the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act, and other federal statutes affecting such arrangements.