Regina Olshan — Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Ms. Regina Olshan counsels corporate clients on employee benefits, ERISA and executive compensation matters. In particular, she regularly advises major public companies on employee benefit and executive compensation arrangements in the context of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, bankruptcy reorganizations and other corporate structurings. In addition, she has advised numerous clients regarding tax planning with respect to the excise tax on excess parachute payments; the rules under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (particularly with respect to the effect of these rules on clients' various employee and executive benefit plans); the SEC rules governing executive compensation disclosure; and the tax rules imposing limits on the deductibility of executive compensation. She has also advised numerous large public companies and individual senior executives on the adoption, revision and negotiation of executive employment and severance agreements. Ms. Olshan has represented, among others, Mobil Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Sterling Commerce, Inc., Sterling Software, Inc., Coastal Corporation, Sara Lee Corporation and Birmingham Steel Corporation in connection with structuring executive compensation arrangements in the context of their respective corporate transactions. Ms. Olshan has also handled a wide range of employee benefit matters for clients such as Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. (and affiliates), DuPont and Alcoa.