Our legal services include plan structures, legal analysis, plan drafting, plan qualifications, flexible benefit plans, compensation packages, distribution advice, and multi-employer plan guidance. Our Employee Benefits lawyers provide bank customers with prototype plans and IRS agreements. They advise bank trust departments on fiduciary duties and prohibited transactions. Additionally we have drafted executive and deferred compensation plans and golden parachutes for bank executives. The environmental lawyers who work with our Financial Institutions Section assist and advise our transactional and workout lawyers on a regular basis.
Environmental risk is managed through site assessments and proper documentation.
Our environmental practice is diverse, providing a wide range of experience in all aspects of environmental law, including hazardous substances, water quality, air quality, water rights, energy project development, forest products, public lands and environmental impact reporting. Securities Law Lawyers in our Securities Law Practice Group advise financial institutions making loans secured by stock of public SEC registered and private companies and stock-secured loans to affiliates of public companies. We also advise financial institutions and their holding companies concerning compliance with federal and state securities laws.