Benjamin is a seasoned employment attorney who advises clients on a broad spectrum of executive compensation and employee benefits issues and ERISA-related corporate matters. He represents public and private companies in financial services, real estate, health care, life sciences, technology, and a variety of other industries as well as boards, management teams, and funds.
Benjamin has extensive experience counseling clients on benefits and compensation matters related to retention, incentive, and equity plans. He also negotiates employment, separation, change in control, and non-compete agreements that advance his clients’ business objectives while complying fully with applicable statutes and regulations. When called on to negotiate compensation packages on behalf of private equity and management-side clients, Benjamin often helps develop strategic objectives and provides insight on market conditions. In these negotiations, he also regularly provides guidance on investment structure options in light of the founders’ stock, options, and options interests.
Clients also seek Benjamin’s counsel on ERISA matters and related tax, securities law, corporate governance, and accounting issues that arise in mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, reorganizations, and the administration of benefit plans and programs. His work on these matters has included advising on health care law requirements, COBRA obligations, and the termination of qualified retirement plans.
Prior to joining Mintz, Benjamin was a partner at a global law firm, where he focused his practice on executive compensation, employee benefits issues, and ERISA matters. Earlier, he served as an associate at several international law firms.
