Renowned by clients for its ‘responsiveness and clarity of communications’, Vedder Price’s executive compensation & employee benefits practice covers the compensation, benefits and retirement plan needs of clients varying from multinational public companies to start-up enterprises. The department is led from Chicago by Christopher Collins, a health, welfare and retirement plan design and compliance expert who also provides benefit advice amid corporate transactions and DoL correction programs. Also in Chicago are Thomas G. Hancuch, who represents employers in benefit plan issues regarding ERISA, IRC and ACA compliance, and Kelly Starr, who specializes in executive compensation plan design. Leading associates are Washington DC’s Amal Rafiq, an ESOP expert, and Chicago’s Olivia Ustupski, who advises clients on fiduciary issues and regulatory compliance.
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‘Responsiveness and clarity of communications’
‘Tom Hancuch is friendly, available, and insightful’
‘This team is very responsive and provides clear-cut, practical legal advice. ’
‘Kelly Starr is our primary contact. Working with Kelly is easy. She's very organized, responsive and friendly.’
Kernmandanten
- ArcelorMittal
- Perkins & Will, Inc.
- Ferrara Candy Company
- AAR Corporation
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC
- Follett Software, LLC
- Huron Consulting Group, Inc.
- Oil-Dri Corporation of America
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Inc.
Highlight-Mandate
- Providing comprehensive day-to-day employee benefits and executive compensation legal advice to Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC (f/k/a ArcelorMittal USA LLC), a relationship that extends back to the founding of Vedder Price in 1952.
- Represented the defendant stop loss insurance carrier in a civil action involving the alleged erroneous payment by a health plan’s pharmacy benefits manager, Express Scripts, Inc., of nearly $50 million in prescription drugs over a three-year period to two family members covered under the self-funded group health plan maintained by Henkel of America, Inc.
- Represented Citadel Master Credit Fund, LLC on labor and benefits matters in connection with its role as secured creditor in the Yellow Corp. bankruptcy.
Anwält*innen
Praxisleitung
Christopher Collins
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Thomas Hancuch, Kelly Starr, Amal Rafiq, Olivia Ustupski