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Employee Benefits

Puerto Rico Employee Benefits Attorney

At GAC, lawyers from our Employee Benefits Practice Group assist businesses and not-for-profit organizations in designing and administering employee benefit plans. Our attorneys have extensive experience with the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), other federal laws and laws of Puerto Rico governing employee benefit plans including but not limited to the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994, as amended.

Our attorneys advise plan trustees and fund administrators and assist our clients with ERISA-related matters, handling the drafting, qualification, administration and correction of employer-sponsored qualified and nonqualified benefits plans to assure compliance with Puerto Rico and federal regulations. The attorneys also manage and/or prepare documentation relating to taxation and reporting of federal and state income taxes and coverage under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and other state disability and unemployment programs.

In order to provide comprehensive legal services that address our clients’ issues from a broad perspective, members of the Employee Benefits Practice Group may work with members of our other practice groups on related issues:

  • Audits by the IRS or Puerto Rico tax authorities
  • Litigation involving complex ERISA issues or claims involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty or wrongful denial of benefits
  • Merging plans
Members of the Employee Benefits Practice Group:

Javier G. Vazquez-Segarra

Members of the group may collaborate with members of other practices at our firm to provide comprehensive solutions to individual clients.

Members of the firm appear on behalf of clients before federal and Puerto Rico courts, government agencies, and in domestic and foreign transactions. GAC’s offices are in the American International Plaza Building in the heart of Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico’s financial district. If you would like to speak with a member of the firm or have any other question, please contact the firm to arrange a consultation with an attorney with the appropriate experience.