Max Schwartz is a co-managing partner of the Firm’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Practice Group. He has broad-based experience in the securities, tax, and labor (ERISA and other) laws impacting executive compensation and employee benefits, and advises Firm clients on both a regular ongoing basis and in the context of corporate transactions and initial public offerings.
Mr. Schwartz has written and lectured extensively on executive compensation and benefits matters. He is a charter member of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Inc. He is currently co-chairman of the annual ALI-ABA two-day Executive Compensation conference and is former co-chairman of the annual PLI Executive Compensation Program. He is a member of the tax section of the American Bar Association (former chair of the Executive Compensation Subcommittee of the Employee Benefits Committee); a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Committee of the Corporate Banking and Business Law Section of the ABA; a member of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association (former member of the Executive Committee of the Section of Taxation and former co-chair of its Committee on Employee Benefits). He is also on the Employee Benefits Advisory Committee for the Practising Law Institute.
Mr. Schwartz is widely recognized as a leader of this field in recent consecutive editions of established guides to the legal profession, including Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004); New York Super Lawyers (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006) – named as one of the top 100 lawyers in New York in all fields and as a leading lawyer in Employee Benefits/ERISA; The Legal 500 United States (2008, 2007); PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003-2004, 2002-2003); PLC Cross-border Labour & Employee Benefits Handbook (2008-2009, 2007-2008, 2005-2006); and The Best Lawyers in America (2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995). He was recently named by Human Resource Executive magazine (in conjunction with Lawdragon) as one of the Nation’s Top 50 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys (2008).