Holmen, Brian T.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Brian Holmen counsels clients on the design, implementation, and administration of employee benefit and executive compensation programs. Brian regularly advises clients regarding tax, ERISA, and securities-law issues with respect to benefit and compensation programs. Brian also advises clients on benefit and compensation issues that arise in connection with corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions.

Brian is a member of the State Bar of California.

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Privacy & Data Security
• Compensation & Benefits Counseling for Employers
• Institutional Fiduciary Services
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Governmental Employers & Public Pension Plans
• Tax-Exempt Entities & Church Plans

Representative Cases

• Celgene to buy Gloucester Pharmaceuticals for $640 million to bolster its anticancer drug pipeline
• Contra Costa County seeks advice on tax consequences of plan design
• County of Los Angeles seeks advice on tax and state pension law matters
• Deutsch Company seeks advice in sale of assets and transfer of employee benefit plans and liabilities
• Deutsch Company sells Deutsche Metal Components and Permaswage , (2009)
• Ellison Technologies is acquired by Mitsui and Mori Seiki
• Fortune 500 company seeks advice on the use of plan assets to pay administrative expenses
• Fortune 500 company's benefit plan is audited by DOL , (2009)
• In-house asset manager seeks ERISA advice
• Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System seeks advice on fiduciary duty, governance and conflicts of interest issues
• MeziMedia acquired by ValueClick for $352 million
• Northstar Aerospace seeks advice on plan design and administration
• Piper Private Equity purchases shares of The Rug Company
• Quigo Technologies is acquired by AOL
• Riverside acquires Crisis Prevention Institute
• Riverside acquires Digital Technology International
• The Deutsch Group completes sale to WENDEL Investissement , (2009)
• Verizon Wireless seeks advice on application of USERRA to incentive plans
• Virage Logic completes $6.4 million exchange offer , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Business Organizations, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, 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, Municipal Employment -- Employer, 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

• California

Education

• U of California - Santa Cruz
• William and Mary (College of)

Published Works

• California Senate Bill 2 (2003), 2004

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2328 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com