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Melissa
K.
McGrory
Partner
Chicago
312.853.7180
312.853.7036 Fax
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MELISSA K. MCGRORY is a partner in Sidley’s Chicago office. She joined the firm in 1996. Ms. McGrory represents and advises clients on all types of employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including:
- the design and administration of qualified retirement plans (including the correction of plan operational defects through the Internal Revenue Service Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System);
- the design and administration of non-qualified retirement plans, welfare plans and fringe benefit plans;
- the design and administration of equity-based and other incentive compensation plans, such as stock option, restricted stock, restricted stock unit, phantom stock and employee stock purchase plans, and the treatment of these plans in corporate acquisitions and dispositions;
- drafting and negotiating executive employment, retention and separation agreements;
- designing and administering supplemental pension, deferred compensation and other benefit plans for executives;
- the employee benefit and executive compensation aspects of corporate transactions (mergers and stock and asset purchase transactions);
- tax and other regulatory issues relating to employee benefits and executive compensation (e.g., IRC Sections 162(m) and 409A).
- the structuring of administrative and investment committees of 401(k) and other retirement plans; and
- the establishment of “best practices” procedures for plan fiduciaries.
Ms. McGrory has practiced in the employee benefits and executive compensation area for over 15 years, concentrating on the employee benefits and executive compensation matters of large employers. Ms. McGrory also has experience representing clients in disputes and negotiations with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor.