Janel M. Brynda '00

Baker McKenzie, Associate

San Francisco, California

Janel Brynda is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Employment and Compensation Practice. She regularly advises US and multinational employers on all matters related to executive compensation and employee benefits. Janel's practice focuses on traditional employee benefit plans, including qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans. She also advises on the tax, securities and ERISA aspects of executive and equity compensation, including non-qualified deferred compensation plans, stock compensation plans, employee stock purchase plans, change in control plans, perquisite programs, and executive employment and severance agreements. Janel also has experience assisting clients with compensation and employee benefit issues raised in mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, reorganizations and other corporate transactions, including golden parachute payments, COBRA and due diligence review.