Matthew D. Clyde has broad experience with employee benefit matters in corporate acquisitions, dispositions, and mergers; employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs); ERISA fiduciary duties and prohibited transactions; tax, Affordable Care Act and ERISA concerns for employee health and welfare benefit plans; and executive compensation matters.
In addition, Matt assists in strategic planning and advice in employee benefits litigation, including managing claims disputes governed by the ERISA claims and appeals process.
He assists employers dealing with audits and inquiries from various federal and state governmental agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Matt is experienced in multiemployer pension plan withdrawal liability issues and regularly counsels employers facing or undergoing withdrawal from multiemployer pension plans. Matt has guided employers successfully through pension plan withdrawal liability litigation that threatened the viability of the company.
EXPERIENCE :
- Represented Doerfer Corporation in its acquisition of Votaw Precision Technologies, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of complex aerospace and flight hardware. This transaction drew on the experience of attorneys across several departments within the firm, including corporate, real estate, and employee benefits and executive compensation.
- Represented Attis Industries, Inc. (f/k/a Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc.) as borrower in connection with the closing of a Second Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement by and among the company, its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, and Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P.
EDUCATION :
- Duquesne University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2012
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania, B.S., magna cum laude, 2005
BAR ADMISSIONS : Pennsylvania
Cost
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