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Erin Randolph-Williams

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Erin Randolph-Williams is part of a team that helps clients find solutions to their employee benefits–related problems. She counsels clients on employee benefits matters, including design, implementation, and administration of cash or deferred compensation arrangements, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and executive and equity compensation arrangements. Erin negotiates employment agreements and severance arrangements for senior executives, and advises clients on all employee benefits and compensation-related aspects of mergers, acquisitions, sales and spin-offs.

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    Extended Profile

    Erin lectures on executive compensation and equity compensation issues for continuing legal education programs and client seminars. She has experience working with a range of clients from publicly traded Fortune 500 companies to US regional privately held startups.

    Before joining Morgan Lewis, Erin was an associate in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice of another international law firm.

    Education

    • Guilford College, 1997, A.B., With Honors
    • New York University School of Law, 2003, J.D.

    Admissions

    • New York
    • Pennsylvania

    Awards and Affiliations

    Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Chambers USA (2019)

    Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits (ERISA Law), US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)

    Publications

    June 2019 - Equity Compensation for Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), 3rd Edition, National Center for Employee Ownership

    8/9/2018 - SEC Amends Rule 701 to Increase Enhanced Disclosure Threshold to $10 Million, ML BeneBits

    6/21/2018 - Major Change in Rule 701 Disclosure Requirements, ML BeneBits

    12/14/2017 - Accelerating Deductions for Annual Bonuses and Stock Units Paid in 2018, ML BeneBits

    6/8/2017 - The SEC Opens a New Avenue of Employment Litigation, Power & Pipes

    5/26/2017 - The SEC Opens a New Avenue of Employment Litigation, ML BeneBits

    10/6/2016 - Looking Ahead to Say-on-Frequency, ML BeneBits

    3/2/2016 - Non-Employee Director Limits in Equity Compensation Plans, ML BeneBits

    5/27/2015 - SEC Proposed Rules: Pay Versus Performance, ML BeneBits

    5/21/2014 - Anatomy of an Equity Compensation Plan

    2/26/2013 - 2013 Proxies and Compensation Discussion and Analysis: Managing the Risk of Litigation and Evaluating Best Practices

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    News

    10/13/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises CarGurus in Initial Public Offering

    3/16/2017 - Morgan Lewis Represents MeetMe in Closing of Common Stock Public Offering

    3/8/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises MeetMe in Acquisition of If(we)

    10/31/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises HollyFrontier Corporation in CAD $1.125 Billion Acquisition of Suncor Energy Petro-Canada Lubricants Business

    10/24/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises New York Times Company on Wirecutter and Sweethome Acquisition

    6/27/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises MeetMe in Skout Acquisition

    1/12/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises Healthline Networks, Inc. in Equity Investment by Summit Partners

    12/4/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Axsome Therapeutics in $51M IPO Closing

    6/26/2015 - Morgan Lewis Represents General Econopak in $175 Million Sale to Steris Corporation

    Events

    6/4/2019 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: What We’re Seeing - May 2019

    12/6/2018 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: What We’re Seeing – December 2018

    10/16/2018 - Executive Compensation Challenges

    9/12/2017 - Executive Compensation Challenges for 2017/2018

    5/23/2017 - 2017 Technology May-rathon: Benefits and Compensation – Mission Critical for Tech Company Success

    5/25/2016 - Executive Compensation Challenges for 2015/2016

    4/27/2016 - Pennsylvania Bar Institute 22nd Annual Employment Law Institute

    11/4/2015 - Directors Roundtable: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Executive Compensation

    5/21/2014 - Executive Compensation Basics: Anatomy of an Equity Compensation Plan

    2/26/2013 - 2013 Proxies and Compensation Discussion and Analysis: Managing the Risk of Litigation and Evaluating Best Practices