Heather Heath Ryan Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Heather Ryan is a seasoned employee benefits and executive compensation lawyer. She brings a unique perspective to the table, drawing on a decade of experience as in-house employee benefits and executive compensation counsel, as well as business roles in Total Rewards, at two publicly held, multibillion-dollar corporations.Heather counsels clients on all aspects of employee benefits including 401(k), pension, cafeteria, health and welfare plans, and she has successfully handled many Department of Labor audits and IRS correction submissions for clients. Heather enjoys working with clients on a broad range of issues, including fiduciary matters, employer stock best practices, HIPAA, COBRA and wellness plans.Heather has extensive experience advising on the benefits and compensation issues involved in corporate transactions, including equity compensation, change in control arrangements, severance and deferred compensation. She also regularly helps clients develop and draft compensation committee material for the board and advises on governance matters affecting such committees.

Davidson, North Carolina

Enterprise-wide leadership and accountability for the global Executive Compensation and Benefits functions at Ingersoll Rand.

Davidson, Nc

Executive compensation and benefits counsel to global diversified industrial public company with over 55,000 employees and revenues of approximately $16B. Brands include Trane, Club Car and Thermo King

Charlotte, North Carolina

In addition to my Senior Counsel, Total Rewards responsibilities set forth below, I also lead the TWC Retirement Team which includes 3 qualified plans (including an open defined benefit plan) with approximately 6B in assets.• Responsible for management and administration of the qualified, non-qualified and general severance plans for TWC. This includes annual qualified plan audits and related activity.• Effectively manage team to deliver results, including renegotiation of retirement administration contract, new rollout of communications campaigns and required regulatory communications• M&A integration activities relating to qualified plan compliance post-close

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Seasoned executive compensation and employee benefits counsel to Fortune 150 public company with over 50,000 employees and revenues of over $22B.• Advise senior management and human resources team on executive compensation, equity and incentive compensation, employee benefits and HR-related merger and acquisition issues, including governance and regulatory developments• Advise on all legal compliance issues relating to the company’s employee benefits, compensation and equity plans, including lump-sum pension cashout windows, plan mergers and terminations, ERISA claims procedures, ACA, HIPAA privacy and security, COBRA administration, annual bonus plan and incentive plan issues and 409A issues• Draft and review various types of health and welfare and retirement plans and the associated employee communications and annual reports, summary plan descriptions and amendments, including tax-qualified pension and 401(k) plan and non-qualified retirement plans, severance plans, ERISA and non-ERISA health and welfare plans and equity plans• Partner with senior cross-functional team to draft SEC benefits-related and proxy disclosures• Lead HR merger and acquisition lawyer, including drafting and negotiating purchase agreement provisions, conducting HR due diligence and 280G analysis and member of HR integration team• Counsel for TWC’s fiduciary committees (benefit administrative committee and investment committee) and pension assumption committee• Manage the company’s ERISA litigation• Review and negotiate service provider contracts and business associate agreements with third-party benefits administrators and vendors• Develop and conduct training on ERISA fiduciary case law developments, claims procedures and HIPAA

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Charlotte, North Carolina

Heather Heath Ryan advises for-profit and tax-exempt clients on a broad range of ERISA matters involving health and welfare benefits, ERISA fiduciary duties, and the federal tax implications of tax-qualified retirement plans (including pension plans, employee stock ownership plans and 401(k) plans) and of non-qualified plans and executive compensation. She has prepared plan correction submissions to the IRS and the United States Department of Labor, managed the IRS determination letter application process for clients seeking plan qualification for required and permitted changes and prepared IRS forms and related schedules. In addition, Ms. Ryan has experience preparing various materials for ERISA fiduciary and HIPAA training, including an introduction into ERISA fiduciary best practices. Prior to joining Parker Poe, Ms. Ryan was an associate with a firm in Chicago, Illinois in the employee benefits practice group. While at Washington University, she was associate editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly

Greater Chicago Area

Jd, Law

Ba, Psychology

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Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology