Bruce helps clients negotiate the employee benefits aspects of major corporate transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs and initial public offerings. He regularly advises on compliance with Title I of ERISA, including fiduciary duties, plan asset regulations and structuring transactions to avoid prohibited transactions. His work often involves counseling on the application of ERISA’s fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transaction rules in complex deal environments.

He has negotiated executive compensation arrangements, including employment and severance agreements and equity-based compensation plans. Bruce has also advised various financial institutions with respect to marketing investment products to employee benefit plan investors.