Accomplished legal professional specializing in employee benefits and executive compensation at a top global law firm. Regularly advise private and public companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of employee benefit and executive compensation matters in connection with mergers & acquisitions, carve outs, private equity and minority investments, restructurings and lending transactions. Assist clients of all sizes with the design, implementation and termination of a wide array of employee benefit plans and compensatory arrangements – including equity and cash-based incentive plans, nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, retention and change-in-control plans, employment and severance agreements, and retirement and health and welfare plans. Recognized by Crains' Chicago Business, Chicago United, Super Lawyers, the Legal 500, Latino Leaders Magazine and the Hispanic National Bar Association. You can learn more about my practice by visiting: https://www.cooley.com/people/steve-flores I am passionate about improving diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and public service. I have served in diversity committee leadership positions and served as founder of Latino/a/e affinity group. I also serve and have served in various capacities with local and national bar organizations, including the Chicago Committee, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, and the Illinois State Bar Association and am a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) fellow and a member of Chicago United's Business Leaders of Color. Twice appointed by the Mayor of Chicago to serve on the Chicago Police Board.