Our insights can help protect your clients from potentially expensive legal and compliance risks related to their benefit plans. We can also partner with you to increase your visibility and credibility in complex employee benefits law. We offer comprehensive support in ERISA law, plan administration, actuarial applications, and training. Look to us to cost-effectively handle a wide range of employee benefits issues. 

Complex ERISA Matters. We help plan administrators understand their fiduciary responsibilities and avoid litigation, personal liability, and IRS and DOL penalties for noncompliance. We can work directly with your clients or “back shop” client matters relating to complex employee benefits issues such as:

• identifying ERISA fiduciary issues

• correcting prohibited transactions

• auditing for compliance with DOL and IRS regulatory requirements

• drafting investment policies

• reviewing plan documentation to ensure it reflects how the plan is administered

• correcting noncompliance by filing under the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction (VFC) Program and Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS)

Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence. We can conduct due diligence audits related to qualified and nonqualified retirement plans and health and welfare benefit plans in connection with potential mergers/acquisitions. 

Plan Documents. We sponsor volume submitter profit sharing, money purchase, and 401(k) plan documents. We can also provide a volume submitter defined benefit plan document and draft amendments to individually-designed plan documents to comply with changes in benefits law. Thanks to our efficiency and attention to detail, your firm does not need to perform extensive review of our work – saving you even more time on providing your clients with plan documents and amendments. 

CPE Training. We can provide cost-effective in-house training on employee benefits issues that qualifies for CPE credit. We offer effective half-day programs that save your firm both time and money. 

Joint Client Presentations. We can partner with you on joint client presentations to increase your visibility and credibility on employee benefits matters. We identify issues your clients should be aware of in the design and administration of their benefit plans, providing practical solutions that can minimize risk in IRS/DOL audits. 

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans. We perform general consulting on issues related to nonqualified deferred compensation plans, including Internal Revenue Code Section 409A requirements, rabbi trusts, IRS filings, and tax reporting.