Robert J. Neis
Partner,
Atlanta
404.853.8270
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Rob’s recent representative experience includes:
- Representing Great-West Life & Annuity Financial, Inc., in its $3.9 billion acquisition of Putnam Investments from Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
- Representing corporate clients in the negotiation of CEO employment agreements.
- Representing individuals in the negotiation of CEO or other executive officer employment agreements with large public companies or with private equity firms owning public companies.
- Assisting a number of Fortune 25 to Fortune 200 companies and tax-exempt organizations in redesigning their officer and other nonqualified deferred compensation plans for compliance with IRS Code Section 409A nonqualified deferred compensation rules, as well as Section 162(m) performance-based compensation requirements and related executive compensation proxy disclosures.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Co-author, “Pension Protection Act of 2006: A Brave New World,” North Carolina Bar Journal (Spring 2007)
- Co-author, “Replacing a Money Purchase Pension Plan: A Practical Guide,” ABA Trusts and Investments (2003)
- Speaker, Public Charities in Georgia Seminar (January 25, 2005)
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J.D., Cornell Law School, 1990
Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law Review
B.S., Middlebury College, 1986
Phi Beta Kappa
Georgia
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