Edward J. Rayner
Edward Rayner
New York
New York (NY)
Employee Benefits/ERISA
Tax
Employment & Labor
Profile
Edward J. Rayner is a Partner and is Chairman of the Executive Compensation, ERISA and Employee Benefits Group. Ed’s practice encompasses all aspects of executive compensation, employment and severance arrangements, pension plan investments and employee benefits.
Ed has extensive experience negotiating, designing and implementing employment agreements and severance agreements for CEOs, chairpersons and senior executives of public and private corporations, both domestic and foreign. Ed has represented a large number of clients in leveraged and management buyouts, including many of the most prominent buyout firms, as well as management teams and individual senior executives. As a result of these transactions, Ed has acquired exceptional expertise dealing with the issues arising from using stock in privately-held companies in connection with compensation arrangements.
In addition, Ed also regularly represents financial professionals, such as bankers, asset managers, hedge funds and various other professionals in connection with employment, severance, partnership and other compensation arrangements.
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro
About Edward Rayner
Admitted: 1992, New York
Professional Webpage: www.pryorcashman.com/attorneys-214.html
Honors and Awards:
- Named by The Best Lawyers in America as one of the leading lawyers in Employee Benefits Law (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions)
- Named in "Super Lawyers" under Employee Benefits Law in New York Super Lawyers - Metro Edition magazine (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions).
- Named in "Super Lawyers” under Employee Benefits Law & ERISA in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition magazine (2010 edition)
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Bar Admissions: New York (1992); U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1992).
- Professional Associations: American Bar Association, Tax Section.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Publications: Co-Author (with C. Sues & M. Young), Last Chance For Companies To Correct Section 409A Document Failures Without Penalties, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (November 2010); Co-Author (with C. Sues & M. Young), Discriminatory Health Plans Will Be Subject To Significant Penalty Taxes, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (September 2010); Author, The Pension Protection Act's Fiduciary Provisions, Benefits & Compensation Digest (January 2007); Author, QPAM Exemption Amended, AIMA Journal (Winter 2005); Author, ERISA's Top Hat Exemption: A Primer, Tax Notes (April 2003); Co-Author, Recent Developments Affecting Employee Stock Options, Wall Street Lawyer (April 2003).
- Speaking Engagements: Speaker, Commingled Investment Vehicles, Practising Law Institute (February 2011); Speaker, Pension Plan Investments 2010: Current Perspectives, Practising Law Institute (April 2010); Speaker, The “A” List Grows: The Impact of Code Section 457A on Deferred Compensation, New York State Bar Association (September 2009); Speaker, ERISA For Money Managers: A Practical Workshop, West Legalworks (April 2008); Speaker, Hedge Funds: Key Issues in Investing, Monitoring and Exiting, Practising Law Institute (March 2008); Speaker, Pension Plan Investments 2007: Current Perspectives, Practising Law Institute (May 2007); Speaker, Fund of Funds Business Operations Forum, Financial Research Associate (May 2007); Speaker, New Frontiers in Hedge Funds Due Diligence, West Legalworks (March 2007); Speaker, ERISA, PPA AND LDI: A Hands-On Seminar For Working With ERISA Clients, Institutional Investor (2007); Speaker, Pension Protection Act of 2006, Institutional Investor (September 2006); Speaker, The ABC's and XYZ's of Operating Hedge Funds with ERISA Investors, Institutional Investor (February 2006).
Educational Background:
- LL.M. in Taxation, New York University School of Law, first in class, 1995
- J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, magna cum laude, 1991
- B.S., Columbia University, 1988
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