Seth Hanft approaches his practice with a focus on employee benefits and executive compensation. He assists employers of all shapes and sizes, including private and public companies and nonprofit and governmental entities, in all facets of employee benefit plan legal compliance, operation and administration. He has extensive experience in advising clients on plan design and implementation issues for defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans, all types of welfare benefit programs, and nonqualified and executive compensation arrangements.
Seth’s considerable knowledge of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code enables him to navigate clients through the complexities of Department of Labor (DOL) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) inquiries and audits, ERISA fiduciary compliance issues, Affordable Care Act investigations, and HIPAA Privacy and Security requirements. Seth also has specialized benefits and insurance experience with self-insured multiple employer welfare arrangements, works regularly with businesses to complete benefits-related regulatory filings, and helps implement employee benefits transition solutions in mergers and acquisitions. Seth places a premium on providing practical, business-focused advice to his clients in a manner that is easy to digest and that enables his clients to make thoughtful, informed decisions with respect to their benefits programs.