Jeffery R. Banish

• Advises clients on the design and implementation of stock-based compensation plans including stock options, restricted and phantom stock and stock appreciation rights.
• Advises clients on all aspects of executive compensation including the design, disclosure and implementation of supplemental pension plans, excess benefit plans and employment agreements.
• Negotiates and coordinates employee benefits issues arising in corporate acquisitions and divestitures and reorganizations.
• Advises clients on change in control and severance matters, including the golden parachute excise tax, the applicable deduction limits and the nonqualified deferred compensation rules.
• Designs and implements ESOPs and alternative arrangements for the investment by qualified plans in employer securities.
• Advises clients in connection with the standards of fiduciary duty prescribed by ERISA.
• Advises clients on the design, implementation and administration of pension and welfare benefit plans.

Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.

• Labor & Employment Annual Seminar, Troutman Sanders, October 24, 2019.
• Protecting Against Fiduciary Lawsuits: 10 Lessons for HBO’s Game of Thrones, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Webinar, Troutman Sanders, October 2, 2019.
• Community Bankers Association of Georgia, 2015 CFO Conference, Employee Benefits in Mergers & Acquisitions, August 12, 2015.
• What Plan Sponsors Should Think About Now, DiMeo Schneider & Associates, L.L.C. Luncheon Conference, June 30, 2015.
• Top 10 Takeaways on Fiduciary Liability, Corporate Counsel, 27th Annual General Counsel Conference, June 3, 2015.
• Same-Sex Partners: Workplace Impact of the Supreme Court’s Defense of Marriage Act Ruling, Troutman Sanders Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, October 17, 2013.
• Valuing Stock Compensation Under Section 409A, Strafford Publications & Seminars, November 25, 2009.
• Navigating the Complexities of New IRC Section 409A, Georgia Society of CPAs, August 16, 2007.
• IRC 409A Presentation – General Rules for Stock Options and Other Awards, Technology Association of Georgia, March 6, 2007.
• Executive Breakfast on the New Deferred Compensation Rules, Hunton & Williams LLP Program, December 1, 2004.
• A Primer on S Corporation ESOPs and Other Employee Benefit Issues, Lorman Education Services Seminar on S Corporations, October 2, 2003.
• Reporting and Disclosure Requirements Applicable to Employee Benefit Plans, Lorman Education Services Seminar on Employment Related Records in Georgia, April 17, 2002.
• Enron – The Implications, The New South Chapter of the ESOP Association, April 20, 2002.
• Employment Law, Labor Relations and Employee Benefits, Hunton & Williams LLP Virginia Program, November 1997.
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Welfare Plan Administrators Group Presentation, May 1997.

• Co-author, " U.S. Supreme Court Decision Potentially Opens Floodgates for ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims," Troutman Pepper, January 28, 2022.
• Co-author, " COVID-19 Executive Compensation Q&As: Focus on Incentive Plans and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation," Lexis Practice Advisor, April 13, 2020.
• Co-author, " UPDATE: COVID-19 Employee Benefits FAQs for Employers: Focus on Executive Compensation," Troutman Pepper, April 1, 2020.
• Co-author, " COVID-19 Employee Benefits FAQs for Employers - Focus on Retirement Plans," Troutman Pepper, March 2, 2020.
• Co-author, " 162(m) Proposed Regulations: Six Lessons and a Handful of Planning Opportunities," Troutman Pepper, February 6, 2020.
• Author, " Protecting Against Fiduciary Lawsuits: 10 Lessons We Should Have Learned From HBO’s 'Game of Thrones'," Troutman Pepper, July 25, 2019.
• Author, " 10 ERISA Fiduciary Lessons From 'Game Of Thrones'," Law360, July 22, 2019.
• Co-author, " IRS Releases Guidance Regarding Acceptance of Rollover Contributions," Troutman Pepper, April 15, 2014.
• Co-author, " The IRS Sets Rules for Plan Sponsors to Implement ‘Windsor’ with Respect to Qualified Retirement Plans," Troutman Pepper, April 9, 2014.

• Quoted, " 11th Circ. Hands DuPont Victory In Stock Option Suit," Law360, January 2, 2020.

• Board of Directors, HERO for Children, 2004-2006

• Best Lawyers in America®: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2023)
• Chambers USA: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Georgia (2020-2023)
• Thomson Reuters: "Super Lawyer" in Employee Benefits (2007, 2014-2016)
• Georgia Trend Magazine: "Legal Elite" in Labor and Employment Law (2004)