White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Mark T. Hamilton

Practice Experience

Mr. Hamilton, who concentrates in employee-benefits law, provides counsel on employee benefit and executive compensation concerns. He counsels clients on the creation and structure of employee-benefit plans, stock option plans, executive compensation arrangements and employment agreements.

Mr. Hamilton provides transactional counsel in mergers and acquisitions, financings and other types of transactions. He advises both corporate and individual clients on executive compensation issues, including tax matters. He also advises plan trustees, banks and financial services firms, fiduciaries and others regarding ERISA fiduciary issues and responsibilities, including ERISA's "plan asset" regulation and prohibited transaction rules.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 1994
District of Columbia Bar, 1996

Education
LLM, Taxation, New York University, 1997
JD, Columbia University School of Law, 1993
BS, University of Vermont, summa cum laude, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Publications
Co-author, "Actions to Take in 2006 and Beyond in Response to New IRS Rules on Deferred Compensation," Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, Winter 2006
"DOL Amends QPAM Exemption," Benefits Law Journal, Spring 2006
"Recent Guidelines on the Anti-Cutback Rule," Labor Law Journal, Fall 2004
"IRS Focuses Unprecedented Attention on Executive Compensation Issues," Benefits & Compensation Digest, October 2002
Co-author, "Two Recent Federal Circuit Court Cases Explain Top-Hat Plan Administration and Eligibility," Journal of Deferred Compensation, Fall 2002

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States