Meredith L. Silliman

  1. People /

Meredith L. Silliman

Meredith L. Silliman

Associate

  1. People /

Meredith L. Silliman

Meredith L. Silliman

Associate

Meredith L. Silliman

Associate

Charlotte

T: +1 704 749 8933

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Biography

Meredith Silliman has a broad-based employee benefits and executive compensation practice, advising public and private companies, non-profit organizations, churches, and governmental entities on all aspects of retirement, health and welfare, and compensation issues.

Meredith often assists clients with designing, implementing, maintain, and terminating employee benefit plans, including plans that are subject to ERISA; designing, maintaining, and negotiating executive compensation programs and agreements (including, for example, equity-based compensation programs, deferred compensation arrangements, and employment agreements); and negotiating contracts with third-party service providers.

Meredith also regularly performs due diligence related to the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions and negotiates the related terms of such transactions and assisting with pre- and post-closing integration matters.

Additionally, Meredith advises clients with respect to ongoing administrative issues under the purview of the IRS, PBGC, and DOL.

Civic Involvement & Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America - Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 2024
  • Wingate University Alumni Board, Vice Chair

  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas, Former Board Member

  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte, Volunteer

Admissions

  • North Carolina, 2021
  • South Carolina, 2019

Education

  • University of Virginia, J.D., 2015
  • Wingate University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004

Related Practice Areas

  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

  • Corporate

  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Regulation, Compliance & Advisory

  • Cross-border Employment Issues

  • Plan Design & Implementation

  • Plan Administration & Fiduciary Issues

  • Welfare Plans

  • Interdisciplinary Privacy/HIPAA Practice

  • Practice Before Government Agencies

  • ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation

  • International Pensions & Benefits Practice

  • Executive & Deferred Compensation

  • Employment & Labor

  • Investigations

Resources

Publications

  • "If At First You Don’t Have SSNs For Your ACA Returns, Ask, Ask Again" (co-authored with Chris Rylands), The ACA Times, October 2015

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