Overview
BFKN is pleased to announce Alex Freund as the newest addition to the Compensation & Employment Group. Alex focuses his practice on advising public and private companies on a number of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including with respect to mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings. Additionally, Alex assists companies in the design and implementation of equity incentive, nonqualified deferred compensation, and tax-qualified retirement plans, and both companies and executives in the negotiation of executive employment and separation agreements. Prior to joining BFKN, Alex was an associate in the Chicago office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius where he focused his practice on executive compensation and employee benefits matters.
"We’re very pleased that Alex has joined our Compensation & Employment group. With experience in executive compensation and employee benefits matters, and a thoughtful approach to the practice of law, he will help to strengthen our team and will be a great resource for our clients.”
— Andrew K. Strimaitis, Chair, Compensation & Employment Group
Compensation & Employment Group
BFKN’s Compensation & Employment Group encompasses the broad range of compensation and employment issues faced by the firm’s clients of all sizes and many varied industries. The Group advises clients in all aspects of executive compensation, employee benefits, and employment and labor matters, all within the complex statutory and regulatory framework in which these plans and arrangements exist. We seek to find the most cost- and time-efficient solutions to our client needs, whether in plan design, implementation and administration, or dispute resolution.