Structuring ERISA-Compliant Retirement Buyouts
Navigating Design Considerations, Funding Options and Qualification Rules for Defined Benefit Plans
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide ERISA counsel with the tools necessary to design and implement a retirement buyout or early retirement incentive program. Our experienced panelist will review design considerations for varying kinds of retirement plans, funding options, tax implications, and qualification rules for defined benefit plans.
Outline
- Designing early retirement incentive programs
- Pension
- Severance
- Retiree health
- Funding options
- Qualified
- Nonqualified
- Severance pay plans
- Qualification issues with defined benefit plans
Benefits
The panelist will review these and other key issues:
- Key considerations when creating a pension buyout program
- Using defined benefit programs to fund an incentive program
- Funding early retirement windows with a nonqualified plan—when to choose, and the tax and ERISA compliance implications
Faculty

Michael Collins
Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Mr. Collins is Co-Chair of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. His practice... | Read More
Mr. Collins is Co-Chair of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation and he represents executives and companies in drafting and negotiating employment arrangements. He has taught law classes in Conflicts of Law and Tax Research and Qualified Plans, and has published numerous articles on employee benefits and executive compensation topics.
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