Practice Expertise
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Areas of Practice
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Profile
Marc Bussone advises clients on a broad range of employee benefit and executive compensation matters. Prior to joining the firm, Marc worked with a leading employee benefits consulting firm. He leverages significant professional experience in consulting, design, implementation, and administration of employee benefit plans in developing practical and creative solutions to meet client needs.
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 2011
- Tennessee, 2013
Education
- Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., 2011, cum laude
- Emory University, B.A., Economics, 1997
Areas of Practice
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Marc understands the intricacies of his clients’ day-to-day operations and knows how to guide them through today’s complex regulatory hurdles. Marc regularly advises and assists his clients by:
- Drafting and amending plan documents and advising clients with respect to technical, operational, and compliance issues arising in connection with tax-qualified retirement, cafeteria, and welfare plans;
- Assisting clients in complying with ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements;
- Preparing and submitting applications to the IRS for determination of qualified plan status;
- Advising clients with respect to correction of various operational errors under the IRS’s Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) and preparing related submissions;
- Representing employers, trustees, and selling shareholders in connection with matters related to employee stock ownership plans, including sale and redemption transactions, repurchase obligations, loans, financing, and prohibited transactions;
- Counseling clients on a broad range of executive compensation issues including severance agreements, equity arrangements, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, SERPs, excess benefit plans, 457 plans, split-dollar agreements, 409A compliance, rabbi trusts, and various informal financing vehicles; and
- Assisting clients with respect to employee benefit issues arising in the context of corporate transactions.
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