Noted for representing single and multiemployer pension benefit plans, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP boasts a wide spectrum of capabilities, from individual and class action lawsuits to withdrawal liability arbitrations and litigations. The group is highly active in advising clients on pension provisions under the American Rescue Plan Act, as well as representing clients before regulatory bodies such as the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Mark Brossman and Ronald Richman leads the employment & employee benefits group from New York. Richman’s practice particularly focuses on employee benefits and restrictive covenant cases and has extensive experience in representing hedge and private equity funds.    

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Key clients

  • Albertsons Companies
  • Cerberus Capital Management LP
  • Consolidated Retirement Fund
  • Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern California
  • ILGWU Death Benefit Plan
  • IUE-CWA AFL-CIO Pension Fund
  • National Retirement Fund
  • UFCW Giant-Safeway Excess Benefit Pension Plan
  • UFCW International Union-Albertsons Variable Annuity Pension Plan
  • UFCW and Safeway Variable Annuity Pension Plan

Work highlights

  • Advised a major pension fund on a confidential Department of Labor investigation regarding the processing of pension benefits and a national DOL project investigating call centers.

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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mark Brossman, Ronald Richman