Nancy A. Strelau Email & Phone Number

I partner with my clients to help them manage risk via legally-compliant compensation and employee benefits programs for their employees. My practice focuses on employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA litigation. My clients are plan sponsors that are publicly-traded and closely-held companies, governmental and tax-exempt entities; and consultants, trustees and other third-party service providers.My practice covers: Tax-qualified plans: defined benefit, cash balance, defined contribution, 401(k), profit sharing, money purchase, ESOP; Executive compensation: IRC 409A, 280G, SERPs, nonqualified deferred compensation, LTIP, bonus, equity based compensation, stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights, SARs; Health & welfare plans: medical, dental, vision, Rx, EAP, severance, wellness, life insurance, disability, COBRA, HIPAA; Fringe benefits: cafeteria, 125, flexible spending accounts, educational assistance, legal, adoption assistance, transportation; ERISA: fiduciary duty, prohibited transactions, controlled groups; self-correction, EPCRS, benefits issues in M&A, divestitures and financial transactions.

Listed skills include Erisa, Employee Benefits, Mergers And Acquisitions, Executive Pay, and 39 others.

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  Shareholder

  Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Llp

  Feb 2004 - Present - Denver, Co

  • advise clients regarding their benefit plans' compliance with applicable federal law, coordination among state laws, and the impact of new legislation, regulations and rulings• provide practical solutions to technical compliance issues and the common and not-so-common problems arising from benefit plan administration• guide and educate employers as to their fiduciary duties and responsibilities under ERISA• advise clients on the benefits and compensation aspects of corporate acquisitions, mergers and divestitures and other corporate and financial transactions• develop employee communications, benefit plan administrative procedures and plan documentation• advise benefit plan administrators regarding employee benefit claims under union and nonunion plans• advise clients on equity-based compensation, stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, deferred compensation and IRC 409A issues• prepare executive compensation materials for presentation to corporate boards of directors and for inclusion in proxy materials and prospectuses• negotiate benefits issues with the IRS, DOL and PBGC and contracts with trustees, investment managers, administrative service organizations, benefit providers and insurance companies• prepare required benefit plan reporting and disclosure documents, conducts required testing and secures prohibited transaction exemptions• represent clients in employee benefits-related litigation