Elizabeth Felker

In her employee benefits practice, Liz counsels clients with respect to their businesses’ employer-sponsored benefits, both on day-to-day operational matters like benefit plan design, funding, and administration, as well as in the context of mergers, acquisitions, and other business combinations. This includes helping clients with the implementation, compliance, and maintenance of their employee benefit programs, including qualified retirement plans, health plans and other welfare benefit programs, non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements, and equity incentive plans for key management personnel, frequently as part of the purchase, sale, or merger of a business. Liz works with business clients of all sizes in navigating employee benefits-related compliance matters arising under the tax code, ERISA, and other federal and state regulations, as well as advising on and preparing executive employment agreements, incentive and severance plans, and other deferred compensation arrangements.

Liz also has experience in the areas of franchising and consumer promotions. Her franchise practice has included working with both franchisor and franchisee clients to grow, maintain, and transfer their business, all within the scope of federal and state franchising laws. In her consumer promotions work, Liz helps retail business clients navigate the complex legal requirements of consumer-directed promotions such as sweepstakes and other marketing-driven contests, whether conducted online or through more traditional platforms.