Corporations and benefit plan sponsors need professionals to help them navigate the complex legal landscape surrounding executive compensation arrangements and Employee Retirement Income Security Act compliance. With a depth of experience, Hillary C. Webb guides her clients to provide top-of-market retirement, incentive, and welfare benefits to their executives and employees while working to ensure compliance with the nuances of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Affordable Care Act.
Hillary’s practice focuses on advising employers and plan sponsors on a wide range of employee benefits and executive compensation issues in both corporate transactions and general compliance. She advises clients that sponsor all types of qualified retirement plans, including multiemployer plans, church plans, governmental plans, 401(k) defined contribution plans, defined benefit pension plans, and more. Hillary’s health and welfare practice includes working with clients on compliance with COBRA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the ACA, and provisions of ERISA and the IRC that impact health and welfare arrangements. She also counsels clients on designing, drafting, and implementing group health plans, including cafeteria plans, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, and voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations.
Hillary has handled issues for companies relating to ERISA fiduciary duties, government investigations, plan design, investments of plan assets, creation of cybersecurity and other plan policies, and periodic filings for tax-exempt plans.
In addition to Hillary’s traditional ERISA/employee benefits compliance practice, she regularly handles benefits and executive compensation issues in corporate transactions, including those that involve Sections 280G and 4999 of the IRC relating to golden parachute payments as well as issues under Section 409A.
Hillary is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of its Tax, Corporate, Health Care, and Labor and Employment groups. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced at a boutique employee benefits firm in Washington.
Speeches & Presentations
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"Cutbacks and Layoffs: An Overview of Employment and Benefits Issues During Economic Downturns," Crowell & Moring Webinar, 2023.
(February 14, 2023).
Speakers: Andrew Bagley, Anthony Provenzano, Ira Saxe, Euric Su, Kristy Wrigley-Durer, and Hillary Webb.
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"Cui Bono: Hot Topics in Employee Benefits for Tax Departments," Managing Tax Audits and Appeals Seminar 2022, Washington, D.C.
(October 6, 2022).
Speakers: Anthony G. Provenzano, Kristy J. Wrigley-Durer, and Hillary C. Web.
Publications
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"SECURE 2.0 Act Will Impact Employer Retirement Plans," Employee Benefit Plan Review
(February 27, 2023).
Authors: Anthony G. Provenzano, Hillary C. Webb, and Kristy J. Wrigley-Durer.
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"The Importance of an 83(b) Election for Startup Founders," GrowthStudio
(May 2, 2022).
Authors: Anthony Provenzano, Irina Pisareva, Hillary Webb, and Matthew Moisan
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"California v. Texas: Supreme Court Finds No Standing for Plaintiffs to Challenge ACA Minimum Essential Coverage Provision," Employee Benefits Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association
(September 16, 2021).
Author: Hillary C. Webb.
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"SECURE 2.0 Act Will Impact Employer Retirement Plans,"
Tax Alert
(January 3, 2023).
Contacts: Anthony G. Provenzano, Kristy J. Wrigley-Durer, Hillary C. Webb
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"Department of Labor Publishes Final Regulations Aimed at ESG Investing by Retirement Plans,"
Labor & Employment Law Alert - US
(November 23, 2022).
Contacts: Kristy J. Wrigley-Durer, Anthony G. Provenzano, Hillary C. Webb
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"President Biden To Sign New Inflation Reduction Act,"
Biden 2021 Series
(August 15, 2022).
Contacts: Byron R. Brown, Rebecca Baden Chaney, Stephanie L. Crawford, James G. Flood, Eric Homsi, Irina Pisareva, Mary-Caitlin Ray, Tim Shadyac, Siyi Shen, Hillary C. Webb, Scott L. Winkelman