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.
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.
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Benefits, Law360 (2022)
Member, Board of Directors, Kohelet Yeshiva, Merion Station, PA
Recipient, M.H. Goldstein Award, Best Paper in the Field of Labor Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Recipient, Sidney M. Perlstadt Memorial Award, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
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