Michael Albano is a partner based in the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
Mr. Albano’s practice focuses on executive compensation and benefits matters, including disclosure, governance, taxation, design and negotiation of agreements and arrangements, as well as the executive compensation and benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions; pension investment and ERISA fiduciary matters; private equity compensation; and employment law and related matters.
Mr. Albano is recognized as a leading employee benefits and executive compensation lawyer by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 U.S., The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.
Mr. Albano joined the firm in 2001 and became a partner in 2010. He received a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2001, and an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Duke University in 1998.
Mr. Albano is a member of the Bar in New York
Practice Area:
Employee Benefits
Plan Governance
Fiduciary Advisory Services
Executive Compensation
International Benefits
Howard Pianko is the head of Seyfarth Shaw’s New York benefits practice and the national chair of its Fiduciary Advisory Services practice group. During his more than thirty-five years of experience in employee benefits law and executive compensation, he has counseled both domestic and international clients on matters running the full benefits gamut. His current practice focuses extensively on fiduciary and plan governance matters, executive compensation (including both domestic and cross-border equity and incentive plans) as well as benefit and employment considerations in M&A transactions, including post-transaction implementation and restructuring.
He is a Charter Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and a founding member of the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association. He has been recognized for his professional expertise by, among others, Chambers, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers in America and also designated as a BTI Client Service All-Star. He co-chairs the basic ERISA fiduciary program as well as the more advanced PLI Pension Investment Program intended for more advanced practitioners in this area.
