Andrew C. Liazos is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Boston office. Andrew heads the Firm's Executive Compensation Group and the Boston Employee Benefits Practice.
Andrew regularly represents Fortune 500 companies, public companies, large closely held businesses and compensation committees on all aspects of executive compensation, ERISA fiduciary matters, employee benefits in business transactions and bankruptcy, and employee stock ownership plans. He also counsels executives in employment agreement and joint venture negotiations.
Andrew has been recognized as one of the best lawyers practicing employee benefits and executive compensation in Massachusetts and the United States in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers and Legal 500. He is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, which recognizes lawyers with more than 20 years of experience who have made outstanding contributions to the field of employee benefits.
Andrew is chair of the Foreign and International Subcommittee on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation for American Bar Association - Section of Taxation and the past chair of its Joint Split-Dollar Life Insurance Task Force with the Section of Real Estate, Trust and Estate Law Section. He is a faculty member of the American Law Institute-American Bar Association and a past chair of the ERISA Committee of the Boston Bar Association. Andrew’s articles have been published by The Tax Lawyer, Tax Notes, BNA Tax Management Memorandum, the Benefits Law Journal and the Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance.
Andrew is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Maine and the U.S. Tax Court.
