Matthew R. Jones
K&L Gates LLP
70 W Madison St Ste 3100
Chicago IL 60602
http://www.klgates.com
Phone: (312) 807-4237
Fax: (312) 827-8190
Recommended by peers in: Employee Benefits Law
Extensive Experience in: Executive Compensation
County: Cook
Practice Description
Matthew Jones is a partner in the Chicago office and focuses his practice on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements. Mr. Jones has significant substantive experience counseling clients regarding all forms of executive compensation and benefit plans and arrangements, including the design and administration of employment agreements, stock plans, incentive plans, supplemental executive retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and severance and retirement agreements. He helps clients to understand and comply with tax, securities, labor/employment, governance, and other legal issues associated with these arrangements, including related disclosure issues for public companies. Mr. Jones also has substantial experience advising clients on compensation and benefit issues arising in connection with mergers and acquisitions
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- New York
Year of Birth: 1980
Education
- Law School: The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2006
- Undergraduate School: Trinity College, B.A., 2002
Employment History
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Jones was a partner in the Compensation and Employment practice of another law firm in Chicago.
Awards; Honors; Distinctions
- Illinois Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Employee Benefits, 2016, 2017
- Emerging Lawyers, Law Bulletin Media, Employee Benefits, 2016-present
Legal Lectures
- “Executive Compensation Plans: Traps for the Unwary,” K&L Gates “Benefits and Executive Compensation Round-Up: What You Need to Think About for 2016 and Beyond,” CLE webinar, September 2016
- “Securities Law Update and Corporate Governance,” North Carolina Subchapter of the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, “Back to Basics,” CLE webinar, May 2016
- “Compensation Tax Impacts & Planning,” Annual Chicago Tax Club Fall Seminar, 2014
- “Prohibited Transactions: A Practical Overview for Employee Benefits Professionals,” Illinois CPA Society, Employee Benefits Conference, 2013
Firm Description
- K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents. Our broad global platform allows us to guide clients through the legal challenges inherent in the ever-changing international landscape. The deep latticework of relationships across our offices and practices enables our clients to respond to diverse legal issues and risks through the services of one law firm with a single communication.
- K&L Gates represents leading global corporations in every major industry, capital markets participants and ambitious middle-market and emerging growth companies. Our lawyers also serve public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals. We are leaders in legal issues related to industries critical to the economies of both the developed and developing worlds – technology, manufacturing, financial services, health care and energy, among many others.
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