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.