Corporate Attorney - Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits & Employment (New York)

Position Overview

We are currently seeking a junior associate with experience in executive compensation, employee benefits and/or employment laws to join our dynamic corporate practice.  Torys’ Pensions and Employment Practice has broad expertise in pensions, executive compensation, employee benefits and employment matters in Canada and the United States. Our clients span all industrial sectors and include public and private companies, investors, major financial institutions, including foreign and domestic banks, insurance companies, trust companies, investment funds and individuals.

Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• At least two years of experience in the following areas (or a subset thereof):
  • Sections 83 and 409A of the Code;
  • Cash-based and equity-based incentive compensation plans;
  • Employment, consulting, severance and other service-related contracts in the transactional context (e.g., diligence, transaction agreement and schedules, negotiation of going-forward employment and equity terms for senior management, Section 280G of the Code);
  • ERISA and Code provisions governing employee benefit plans;
  • Title I of ERISA (plan asset rules, etc., from both the fund and investor perspective);
  • Key labor and employment laws (e.g., laws relating to wage and hour, restrictive covenants, classification and mass layoff (WARN Act))   
• strong drafting skills and sound judgment;
• superior client service orientation and work ethic;
• ability to juggle and take primary responsibility for multiple deals and matters simultaneously;
• excellent interpersonal skills and a willingness to collaborate;
• ability to work well independently and as part of a team; and
• be a member in good standing of the New York bar.

Experience with employment law disputes and investigations is preferred.

Applications

To apply for this opportunity, please submit your résumé, list of representative transactions and transcripts by email to Show email. Applications should be addressed to Dana Schuessler, Director of Professional Resources & Administration.

Compensation

The Firm pays market salaries to our attorneys. As such, below is the current associate base salary scale:

• 1st year: $225,000
• 2nd year: $235,000
• 3rd year: $260,000
• 4th year: $310,000
• 5th year: $365,000
• 6th year: $390,000
• 7th year: $420,000
• 8th year+: $435,000