Kaye Scholer

Jeffrey London advises public and private companies in all areas of compensation design, including implementation of equity, equity-based and non-equity-based compensation arrangements, such as stock option plans, performance share plans, deferred compensation plans, restricted stock plans, phantom stock plans, gain-sharing programs and other types of short-term and long-term incentive programs. He counsels boards of directors and compensation committees in structuring compensation programs and agreements for themselves and their executive officers and negotiates employment and severance agreements and serves as "agent" on behalf of senior level executive officers. Mr. London also designs and implements qualified pension and profit-sharing plans (e.g., ESOPs, 401(k) plans, cash balance plans, defined benefit plans and profit-sharing plans), and counsels clients on the regulatory and administrative requirements of maintaining qualified plans. He advises clients on all aspects of welfare benefit plan design and administration, from health insurance programs to long-term disability programs to long-term care programs to severance arrangements, including counseling on such varied issues as COBRA, HIPAA, VEBAs, flexible spending accounts and cafeteria plans. Mr. London has represented clients in all aspects of ERISA litigation, including benefit claims, fiduciary breaches, and multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liability disputes.