Brenna focuses her practice on a range of employee benefits and compensation matters.
She advises on the design and implementation of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, executive compensation agreements, equity and equity-based incentive plans, fringe benefits, and other benefit programs. She assists clients with day-to-day compliance, legal updates, and responding to benefit claims. Brenna also regularly advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits and human resources matters arising in corporate transactions.
- Represented Securian Financial Group, Inc. in the auctioned sale of its retirement plan recordkeeping business to Standard Insurance Company.
- Represented G&L Holdings, Inc. in the sale of all issued and outstanding equity of Grain Craft, the largest US-based independent flour miller.
- Represented Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc., a leading North American specialty distributor of interior building products, in the acquisition of AMES Taping Tools Holding LLC for total value of $212.5 million in cash.
- Represented Empower in its acquisition of Prudential’s retirement plan business for a total transaction value of $3.55 billion.
- Represented Nassau Financial Group in its acquisition of Foresters Life Insurance and Annuity Company.
- Part 1: DB De-Risking and Hot Topics Webinar, November 1, 2023, Retirement Plans Global Summit
- SECURE 2.0 for Retirement Plans, June 14, 2023
- How embedded is ESG in your compensation and benefits strategy? September 20, 2022
- The Crystal Ball of Employee Benefits: A Look Ahead at 2021, January 7, 2021, Eversheds Sutherland January Outlook webcast series
- 2021 Tax Outlook Webcast series, January 5-15, 2021
- Webcast: Global share plans – hot topics and current developments, November 16, 2018
- Webcast: Assessing Retirement Plan Compliance in a Post-Determination Letter World, September 28, 2017
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation (2021-2023)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of tax: employee benefits and executive compensation (2018-2022) and US taxes: non-contentious (2019)
- Georgia
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
- B.A., summa cum laude, Ohio University, Honors Tutorial College
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