Marla J. Kreindler

She serves as counsel to the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) and is a regular speaker at national industry conferences (including those hosted by DCIIA and Pensions & Investments); before meetings sponsored by the Committee on the Investment of Employee Benefit Assets, the Worldwide Employee Benefits Networks, and Women Investment Professionals; at external cohosted events with other leading providers; and at Morgan Lewis–sponsored presentations. Marla has represented clients in matters before the US Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and other US regulators; has testified in hearings at the Department of Labor and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council; and has served as a judge for the Excellence and Innovation Awards sponsored by Pensions & Investments and DCIIA. She has also been recognized as one of 401(k)Wire’s Most Influential People in Defined Contribution. 

Marla advises clients on the fiduciary standards and prohibited transaction rules of ERISA and related tax, banking, securities, and state insurance law requirements. She counsels clients on plan governance and fiduciary risk management and on a wide range of investment products, services, and contracting matters that arise in connection with the management and investment of employee benefit plan assets. This includes developing or negotiating plan and trust agreements and related policies and procedures, collective investment trusts, white label investment options, registered investment companies, domestic and offshore private funds, investment management, consulting and outsourcing agreements, administrative services agreements, brokerage agreements, commodities and derivatives documentation, and stable value contracts.