Multiemployer pension plans and other industry-wide retirement plans can give your employees financial comfort and control over their retirement savings. And they can be reasonably priced and administratively easy for you to make available to your employees. But at what cost and risk to you, the employer?

Dentons knows these plans. We have helped many employers successfully participate and exit from them. We know the hidden risks and potential claims that you must consider and manage. We can help you understand and balance the potential benefits and risks these plans pose to you and your employees. We have successfully defended employers who have been sued for withdrawing from multiemployer pension plans and for pension cutbacks in troubled plans.

You need practical advice on the appointment of employer representatives to the board of trustees or other administrative body that governs these plans. We can give you that advice, with a depth of experience and understanding that other law firms lack. We can help you evaluate the risks and benefits of multiemployer plans in the context of corporate transactions so you structure those transactions to minimize your potential liabilities when purchasing or selling a business that participates in a multiemployer plan.

We want to help employers like you implement successful strategies so that your union and non-union employees can participate in multiemployer and other industry-wide plans, without placing undue risk or administrative burdens on you and your executive team.

We don't offer administration, actuarial or other pension consultancy services.