Overview
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Boston-based Alden Bianchi as senior counsel in the Firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group. Alden joins from Mintz Levin, where he spent almost 20 years and served as the chair of their Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice.
“We have closely followed and admired Alden for many years and are thrilled to now be working with him,” said Andrew Liazos, global chair of McDermott’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group. “Alden’s reputation as a thought leader within the benefits industry is well known, and our clients and attorneys will greatly benefit from his insights and expertise.”
Alden advises corporate, nonprofit, government and individual clients on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans. He is nationally recognized as a pre-eminent expert on health and welfare plan matters. In addition to his leading tax management portfolio on the Affordable Care Act, he is well known for his role representing the Romney administration in connection with the historic 2006 Massachusetts healthcare reform law and testifying before the US Senate Committee on Finance regarding the healthcare market in connection with the enactment of the Affordable Care Act.
“I welcome the opportunity to join McDermott’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice. The group is filled with successful lawyers who are dedicated to providing best-in-class care to clients,” Alden said.
McDermott’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice operates worldwide, with the geographic coverage and deep resources necessary to serve clients at every level. Regularly advocating for clients before the US Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service and the US Department of Labor on employee benefits matters, we have deep industry experience and represent employers in virtually every sector, including manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, education and construction. McDermott is the only firm to have received top rankings in all major ranking directories, including Chambers USA, Legal 500 USA, U.S. News – Best Lawyers and Law360.
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