Executive Profile

Michael A. Lawson J.D. Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P.

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Background

Mr. Michael A. Lawson, JD is a Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P. Mr. Lawson was employed at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom from 1995 to 2011. Mr. Lawson headed the Employee Benefits Group at Skadden’s Los Angeles office. He worked on all facets of executive compensation and employee benefits matters for firm clients, including stock options and other equity-based compensation plans; tax-qualified and non-qualified pension plans; fiduciary ... responsibility/prohibited transactions; single and multi-employer plan liability matters; severance agreements and ERISA-related issues in structured finance transactions; bankruptcy proceedings; and proxy contests. Mr. Lawson regularly advises boards of trustees of pension and other employee benefits funds, and boards of directors of financial institutions and of companies sponsoring pension plans concerning their duty of care, fiduciary responsibilities, conflicts of interest and other statutory duties under state and federal laws. He provides advice in the context of financings, private investment company matters, and merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Lawson also counsels investment advisors. His experience includes advising clients with respect to the structuring and offering of investment vehicles to pension plans and other institutional investors, and the fiduciary obligations of investment managers, trustees and other fiduciaries, including matters involving ERISA litigation, U.S. Department of Labor exemption requests and matters involving the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and other government agencies. Mr. Lawson was a Staff Attorney at the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. He serves as a Director of The California State Teachers Employees' Retirement System and California State Teachers' Retirement System. Mr. Lawson serves as a Trustee on the Morehouse College. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. from Loyola University of Los Angeles.

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