Overview
Jeff Smith is a partner in the Cleveland office and a member of the firm's Employee Benefits Practice Group. Jeff practices in all areas of employee benefits, and spends considerable time on executive compensation, multiemployer pension plan advice, and employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions.
Jeff advises clients of all types, whether for-profits, not for profits, as well as private schools, on compensation issues for their top leaders. This involves drafting and negotiating employment and compensation agreements, as well as drafting all types of incentive compensation plans.
Working closely with his labor relations colleagues, Jeff advises employers that are contributing to multiemployer pension plans with regard to withdrawals and withdrawal liability, and helps employers try to minimize their costs.
Finally, Jeff works with buyers and sellers of businesses to help facilitate employee benefits issues related to such transactions. For many merger and acquisition clients, Jeff will coordinate the Fisher Phillips team with outside corporate counsel.