Rachel Mann

Associate

Rachel Mann works with a team of lawyers to counsel publicly and privately held companies on executive compensation and employee benefits issues. Rachel handles complex matters involving equity and incentive compensation, employment, retention and severance arrangements, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) compliance, and qualified retirement, pension, and health and welfare plans. She frequently publishes on the intersection of ERISA and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and regulations, and actively participates in and authors client communications for the firm’s ESG & Sustainability Advisory Working Group.

Extended Profile

Rachel provides advice to clients in the education, healthcare, and financial industries regarding their obligations under Title I of ERISA, including compliance with ERISA's fiduciary responsibility provisions and prohibited transaction rules. She advises clients regarding ERISA fiduciary duties in the management or administration of defined contribution plans (including 401(k) plans, profit sharing plans, and ESOPs), defined benefit plans, and welfare plans. Rachel also provides counsel to clients on questions of ERISA preemption of state law.

While in law school, she served as a senior editor on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, a contributing author to the Regulatory Review, and externed in the office of general counsel at a large university in the benefits department.

Education

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, 2021, J.D., Order of the Coif, magna cum laude
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, 2021, Wharton Certificate in Management
Hunter College, 2014, MSEd, Special Education 7-12, Kappa Delta Pi
University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 2012, B.A., History, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude