Joseph S. Adams
Partner
Co-Chair, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice
Serving as co-chair of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice, Joe focuses his practice exclusively on employee benefits and executive compensation and has represented some of the largest companies in the world and many prominent “C-suite” executives with respect to such matters. Clients describe him as “efficient and easy to work with,” "an incredibly skilled employee benefits attorney," and “able to help with judgment calls on ambiguous matters.” (Chambers USA 2023)
Key Matters
- Assisted large public company in obtaining ground-breaking IRS ruling regarding retirement contributions for employees struggling with student loan debt.
- Advised several large public companies on the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of a spin-off of a portion of their assets into separate public companies.
- Advised large service provider on the application of the DOL fiduciary proposal to certain products.
- Advised numerous clients on similar aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and other business combinations.
- Helped companies with defined benefit pension plans successfully implement complex initiatives such as the contribution of non-cash assets to their plans and pension “de-risking” programs.
- Advised large sponsor of consolidated recordkeeping system on all aspects of DOL and IRS compliance.