Tax - Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Associate

BCG Attorney Search; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-class benefits and resources

Family health and financial planning

Job summary

A law firm seeks an Associate in the Tax Department specializing in Executive Compensation, Employment, and Benefits to join its Chicago, IL office. The ideal candidate will bring a minimum of two years of relevant experience to support a global practice advising clients on complex compensation, benefits, and employment matters across various industries and jurisdictions.

Duties include advising clients on corporate transactions, tailoring compensation arrangements across jurisdictions,

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of experience in benefits and compensation law.
• J.D. degree from an accredited law school and bar admission.
• Experience handling multi-jurisdictional employment and employee benefits issues.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets deals.
• Tailor compensation arrangements and cross-jurisdictional employment and employee benefits issues.
• Optimize plan design considering tax and securities law while ensuring commercial practicality.
• Collaborate with cross-office colleagues on tax, securities, labor and governance matters.

Skills

Executive compensation knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Confidential information handling

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Job description

A law firm seeks an Associate in the Tax Department specializing in Executive Compensation, Employment, and Benefits to join its Chicago, IL office. The ideal candidate will bring a minimum of two years of relevant experience to support a global practice advising clients on complex compensation, benefits, and employment matters across various industries and jurisdictions.

Duties

• Advise clients on a full spectrum of corporate transactions, including multi-billion dollar mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets deals.
• Tailor compensation arrangements and address complex multi-jurisdictional employment and employee benefits issues.
• Optimize plan design to account for tax and securities law considerations while ensuring commercial practicality.
• Collaborate with cross-office colleagues to provide insights on tax, securities, labor, and corporate governance matters.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of experience in benefits and compensation law.
• Demonstrated ability to handle challenging compensation, employee benefits, and employment issues.
• Experience working with diverse clients, including financial institutions, private equity firms, and emerging growth companies.

Education

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.

Certifications

• Admission to the bar in the relevant jurisdiction.

Skills

• Sophisticated understanding of the legal landscape, market practice, and conditions in executive compensation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on commercial and practical solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working as an integrated part of client teams.
• Ability to manage sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information.
• Best-in-class benefits and comprehensive resources designed to support well-being through all life's moments.
• Resources for building a family, taking care of loved ones, managing health, and saving for the future.

The Midwest law office started their legal practice thirty years ago. More than one-hundred skilled attorneys are on staff. Areas of specialization are transactional and litigation law. Practice areas are comprehensive. Asset-based lending, bank financing, benefits-compensation, capital markets, environmental litigation, securities litigation-professional liability and transactional tax are some of their practice disciplines. Hospitality, financial services, energy and healthcare are a few of their practice industries. The Midwest practice is known for their legal prowess in tax matters of renewable energy projects.