Seth Hanft’s practice focuses on the areas of 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. He 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. A trusted advisor, Seth regularly counsels clients on executive compensation arrangements and related legal compliance issues.
Seth serves as leader of the Columbus Office Tax Group, as well as co-leader of the Employee Benefits Group’s Health and Welfare and Employee Benefits Transactional Support Practice teams.