North America - United States • Labor and employment
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
The ‘very responsible’ team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is led by Anthony Eppert from the Austin office, and Jessica Agostinho in Washington DC. Eppert recently assisted clients in designing employee stock ownership plans and working on their employer stock funds within 401(k) plans. Agostinho often gives compliance advice, and recently worked on the termination of a defined benefit plan. Also working from Washington DC, the ’extremely responsive’ Michelle Lewis advises clients on retirement and health plan compliance concerning SECURE 2.0 and CARES regulatory changes. Scott Austin retired from the firm in October 2023.
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‘The team is very responsive and has assisted clients with complex concerns related to health and welfare plans. ’
‘Michelle Lewis is extremely responsive and thorough in her work.’
Key clients
- Alkami Technology, Inc.
- Commercial Metals Company
- Darden Restaurants, Inc.
- Divcon EMS Austin, LLC
- DTE Energy Company
- ESW Parent, Inc.
- Finance of America Companies Inc.
- MV Transportation, Inc.
- Neiman Marcus Group
- NuStar Energy
- Oncor Electric Delivery Company
- Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc.
- Sunlight Financial LLC
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Texas Instruments
- Utica Mutual Insurance Company
- Valero Energy Company
- Vistra Corp
Work highlights
- Providing advice to various clients on a time-sensitive basis regarding SECURE 1.0 and SECURE 2.0, particularly on changes to required minimum distributions and upcoming mandatory changes relating to catch-up contributions.
- Advised MV Transportation on alternatives relating to its participation in a significantly underfunded multiemployer pension plan in an effort to mitigate or eliminate the withdrawal liability exposure.
- Advised both the retirement and welfare benefits teams of a large international retailer with several major retail chains and other operations in the U.S.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Anthony Eppert, Jessica Agostinho