Fanny Patel

Fanny advises employers on a full range of employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements. She assists with qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, defined benefit pension plans, and ESOPs, with a focus on navigating regulatory compliance, correcting plan defects and operational failures through IRS and DOL voluntary correction programs, and addressing fiduciary... obligations under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. On executive compensation matters, she counsels on structuring equity and non-equity incentive arrangements, designing severance, change in control, and nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, and ensuring compliance with Internal Revenue Code Sections 409A, 280G, and 4999. She also supports employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of corporate transactions. 

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Education

• Boston University School of Law, LLM, Taxation (2022)
• University of Texas School of Law, JD (2017)
  
  • Chief Articles Editor, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
• University of Texas at Austin, BS, Chemistry (2009)

Admissions

• Texas
• District of Columbia

Practice Areas

• Executive Compensation, ERISA, Employee Benefits
• Tax
• Health Insurance
• HIPAA & Health Information Privacy & Security