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Randall C. McGeorge

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Randall C. McGeorge counsels clients on executive compensation and employee benefits concerns, including the design and implementation of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, equity incentive plans, executive compensation arrangements, and health and welfare plans. Representing corporations and individuals, he negotiates and drafts employment and severance agreements. He also represents clients before the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Labor (DOL), and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. regarding the qualification and operation of employee benefit plans.

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    Extended Profile

    Randall provides transactional counsel in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), financings, and other types of transactions. He also advises plan trustees, financial service firms, and others regarding the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's (ERISA) fiduciary responsibilities, including the applicable prohibited transaction rules.

    Education

    • New York University School of Law, 1995, LL.M. (Taxation)
    • University of North Carolina School of Law, 1994, J.D.
    • Westminster College, 1991, B.A.

    Admissions

    • Pennsylvania
    • Florida
    • New York

    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)

    Recommended, Labor and employment - Employee benefits and executive compensation (transactions), Employee health and retirement plans, The Legal 500 US (2017)

    Publications

    7/16/2019 - Dealing With Significant Multiemployer Pension Plan Issues in Corporate Transactions, Tax Executive

    6/25/2018 - Pa. Renter With Out-Of-State Landlord? Add Tax To Your Rent, Law360

    6/6/2018 - Grace Period to Comply with PA Nonemployee Income Tax Withholding Nears End

    12/18/2017 - Actions to Take Before Year End in Response to IRC Section 162(m) Changes, ML BeneBits

    12/22/2016 - Treasury Allows Multiemployer Plan to Reduce Participant Benefits, ML BeneBits

    6/23/2016 - New Proposed Regulations Issued Under IRC Section 409A, ML BeneBits

    9/30/2015 - PBGC Issues New Reportable Events Rules, ML BeneBits

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

    2/4/2015 - M&A Basics: Pension, Savings, and Welfare Plan Issues

    10/3/2014 - Final and Proposed Regulations on Hybrid Pension Plans

    6/17/2014 - Anatomy of a Deferred Compensation Plan

    9/17/2013 - Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Corporate Transactions

    1/24/2013 - Co-presenter, Looking toward 2013: Executive Compensation Design and Best Practices, New Challenges and Shareholder Activism, presented for a Morgan Lewis Roundtable

    7/6/2012 - Labor and Employment Summer Webinar Series: State Employment Law Road Trip Across the United States — Massachusetts

    5/24/2012 - Managing 409A Issues in Change-of-Control Transactions

    10/13/2011 - Now That the Deal Has Closed: Post-Closing Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Considerations

    10/5/2011 - Co-presenter, Executive Compensation and Say-on-Pay in 2012: Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx, presented for a Morgan Lewis Executive Compensation Roundtable, Pittsburgh

    6/23/2011 - Preparing for a Change in Control

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    News

    7/16/2019 - Dealing With Significant Multiemployer Pension Plan Issues in Corporate Transactions, Tax Executive

    6/18/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises New State Capital Partners on Central Conveyor Company Sale

    10/16/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises Aramark in $1 Billion Acquisition of AmeriPride Services

    6/2/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises SK Capital Partners in Two Platform Acquisitions that Close on Same Day

    8/2/2016 - Morgan Lewis Represents SK Capital Partners in Sale of Portfolio Company to INEOS

    6/16/2016 - Morgan Lewis Elects 33 New Partners

    3/24/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises Mercury Systems Inc in $300M Microsemi Businesses Acquisition

    9/22/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Portware, LLC in $265M Acquisition by FactSet Research Systems Inc.

    8/3/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Foresight Biotherapeutics Inc. in Sale to Shire plc

    7/9/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. in $126 Million Acquisition of Marcellus Shale Joint Venture Interest

    4/2/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Performance Fibers on Sale of Asia Operations

    10/30/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Sandvik Materials in Divestment of Springs Business

    5/20/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Varsity Healthcare on Investment in Dermatology Associates of Wisconsin / Forefront Dermatology

    5/12/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Varsity Healthcare Partners on Acquisition of Katzen Eye Group

    5/8/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Chelsea Therapeutics on Sale to Lundbeck

    3/24/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises TC Transcontinental on Capri Packaging Acquisition

    6/6/2012 - Morgan Lewis Advises The Kraft Group and Schwarz Partners on International Paper Mill Acquisitions

    5/5/2011 - Morgan Lewis Advises Sun Capital on Sale of Big 10 Tires to Pep Boys

    5/3/2011 - Morgan Lewis Advises SK Capital Partners on Recapitalization of Calabrian, Leading Producer of Chemicals for Wastewater Treatment

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    Events

    12/13/2018 - Navigating Year-End Planning for Equity Compensation with Morgan Lewis

    6/13/2018 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: What We’re Seeing – June 2018

    3/14/2018 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: What We’re Seeing – March 2018

    1/11/2018 - Navigating US Tax Reform: Executive Compensation

    4/25/2017 - Morgan Lewis Public Company Academy

    1/12/2017 - 2017 Securities and Executive Compensation Updates (Pittsburgh)

    9/14/2016 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: What We’re Seeing – September 2016

    11/18/2015 - The Dodd-Frank Act and Unprecedented Insider Accountability

    9/17/2013 - Plan Sponsor Basics: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Corporate Transactions

    1/24/2013 - Looking Toward 2013: Executive Compensation Design and Best Practices, New Challenges, and Shareholder Activism

    6/28/2012 - Labor and Employment Summer Webinar Series: State Employment Law Road Trip Across the United States — Massachusetts

    5/24/2012 - 409A Basics Webinar Series — Managing 409A Issues in Change-of-Control Transactions

    10/13/2011 - Now That the Deal Has Closed: Post-Closing Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Considerations

    10/5/2011 - Say-on-Pay in 2012: Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx

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