Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Laura Bigler practices in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation. She has experience in drafting and amending qualified retirement, savings, deferred compensation, and welfare benefit plans as well as advising clients with administration and compliance of such plans with the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA.

Laura also advises employers with employee benefits issues raised in corporate acquisitions and dispositions, including drafting employment agreements and equity incentive arrangements. She has frequent involvement in analyzing potential prohibited transaction and plan asset issues in connection with investments by benefit plans in derivative securities and structured finance transactions.

Laura is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Compensation & Benefits Counseling for Employers
• Corporate Bankruptcies
• ERISA Plan Asset Investments
• Executive Compensation
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Private Equity/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Automotive

Representative Cases

• Acquisition Financing of Genetic Testing Institute, Inc.
• Acquisition of Union Facility
• Acquisition of Universal Tax Systems
• Advising Buyer
• Advising Buyer on Seller's Workforce
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• Buyout , (2009)
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• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Company Counsel
• Company Counsel
• Company Counsel
• Company Counsel
• Company Counsel
• Company Counsel
• Company Counsel
• Disposition
• Management Buyout
• Sale of Cooper-Standard Automotive

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Bankruptcy Law, Business Organizations, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Cleveland State University

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7771 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com