L. Renée Lieux

Profile

Renée is Chair of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. Clients seek her assistance with the establishment, compliance, and administration of pension plans, welfare benefit plans, and fringe benefit plans, including defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase plans, ESOPs, governmental plans, Taft-Hartley multiemployer pension and welfare plans, municipal pension plans, 457(b) and (f) plans, 403(b) plans, cafeteria plans, flexible spending accounts,  HRAs, VEBAs, and insured and self-insured welfare plans.

Renée has extensive experience counseling clients on ERISA and the complex tax laws which impact benefit plans, including Sections 409A and 280G of the Code. Her experience includes reviewing plan documents for compliance with applicable laws and assisting clients with correction procedures. She regularly advises clients on fiduciary compliance and best practices.

Renée also advises clients on employee benefits issues arising out of mergers and acquisitions, including benefits due diligence, negotiating benefits related issues, and the merger or termination of benefit plans.

She has assisted nonprofits and privately held and publicly traded companies in the negotiation of employment agreements, severance agreements, and director and executive compensation programs. She designs and assists in the implementation of non-qualified deferred compensation plans and equity compensation plans, including SERPs, option plans, restricted stock plans, unit appreciation rights, and profit interests. She has advised compensation committees and publicly traded companies and has extensive experience advising clients in the financial services industry.