Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP is a full-service, rapidly growing, and entrepreneurial law firm focused on an interdisciplinary approach to the practice. Our team is composed of thought leaders across a variety of practice areas, including some of the nation’s leading voices on web3, taxation, and a variety of other fields. We bring together experts across all of our departments to achieve extraordinary results which would not be possible at a more narrowly focused firm.
With us, respect, appreciation, and quality of life come first and foremost. We care deeply about the people we bring into our firm and offer a unique emphasis on professional development, marketing, and overall balance. We work collaboratively across the entire firm to drive client success.
We continue to experience significant growth and are very motivated to add an ERISA Tax Partner to advise on technical issues that arise as part of client matters and eventually grow out an entire department dedicated to the niche.
Responsibilities:
- Advise clients on compliance with ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, COBRA, ACA, HIPAA, and other benefits-related laws and regulations. Matter types will include audits, mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, business planning, and tax structuring.
- Draft, review, and amend qualified retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation arrangements.
- Assist with due diligence and benefits-related issues in M&A and other corporate transactions.
- Handle IRS and DOL correction programs and audits.
- Collaborate with clients, in-house counsel, HR professionals, and third-party vendors.
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school and admitted to practice in any one or more of New York, California, Florida, New Jersey, or Connecticut (but New York is preferred). Master of Laws in Taxation strongly preferred, especially with an employee benefits concentration.
- Five or more years of ERISA and employee benefits experience at a law firm or similar professional services setting.
- Strong knowledge of tax-qualification rules, benefits compliance, and fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA; history of addressing audits by both IRS and DOL.
- Demonstrated history of handling matters of at least medium difficulty and complexity as primary attorney.
- Comfort with training younger staff, collaborating across different departments within the firm, and eventually handling the administrative responsibilities of running a practice group.
- Experience working with a broad client base, including startups, public companies, and nonprofit organizations.
- Master of Laws in Taxation from one of NYU, Georgetown, Boston University, or Florida.
- Familiarity with executive compensation and equity incentive plans is a plus, especially the corporate drafting associated with those plans.
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What We Do
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP (FRB) is a full-service business law firm that combines the deep knowledge and understanding of attorneys who proudly advise clients seeking solutions to their most complex matters.
At FRB, we have the audacity to go above and beyond. Every matter begins with a clear focus on our client’s goals. By incorporating the bigger picture of their challenges and aspirations, our fully integrated solutions create optimal results. This collaborative approach works because your success defines ours.
The FRB team has a wide range of capabilities and works collaboratively to simplify complex inter-disciplinary matters in real estate, taxation, corporate and securities, litigation, trusts and estates, elder law, labor and employment, bankruptcy law, and intellectual property, as well as emerging areas which include blockchain technology and cannabis.
FRB differentiates itself by:
• Approaching matters with a level of depth and variety of skills unmatched by typical advisors
• Following through on a firm-wide commitment to excellent service
• Offering access to thought leaders in numerous areas of professional practice
• Approaching engagements as a partnership with clients, rather than as a mere service provider
FRB invites you to explore how its professionals can assist you across their areas of concentration. The interdisciplinary collaboration among FRB's lawyers allows the firm to achieve unparalleled outcomes for its clients that could only be secured through proficiency in multiple fields of law.
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