Richard S. Chargar
  Partner, Stamford
   
     
  Practice Area:
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
 
     
 
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Phone: (203) 351-8028 Fax: (203) 327-2669
Email: rchargar@kelleydrye.com
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Mr. Chargar's practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation. Mr. Chargar is Co-Chair of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.
 
Representative Experience:
Advise clients on all aspects of executive compensation, including deferred compensation, supplemental executive retirement plans, equity-based compensation (including accounting treatment and securities laws issues), split-dollar life insurance, and employment and severance agreements.

Advise clients on the design implementation and administration of qualified retirement plans and welfare plans.

Advise clients on employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including the employee benefits provisions of purchase agreements, change of control and golden parachute issues, due diligence, treatment of sellers' plans, and integration of acquired employees and plans into acquirers' plans.

Advise clients on fiduciary and plan asset issues, including prohibited transaction and unrelated business taxable income issues.

Advise banks and brokerage firms on sponsoring IRAs and prototype retirement plans, including the legal and tax implications associated with the operation and administration of such plans.
 
Bar Admissions:
New York
Connecticut
 
Education:
Syracuse University, JD, 1975
New York University, LLM, 1980
Syracuse University, MS, 1975
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton, BS, 1972
 
Office Location:
400 Atlantic Street
Stamford, CT 06901