Edward I. Leeds is counsel in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group and a member of the Health Care and P3/Infrastructure Groups and the Health Care Reform Initiative. His practice concentrates on issues relating to the design, administration, and taxation of health and other welfare benefits plans.
Mr. Leeds has represented employers in the negotiation and drafting of contracts with insurers, third-party administrators, and other vendors in documenting and communicating welfare benefits plans, and in complying with applicable state and federal laws, including HIPAA, COBRA, cafeteria-plan requirements, and the rules applicable to government benefits programs, such as Medicare.
He has counseled employers on the introduction of paperless technologies to the administration of their benefits arrangements, the provision of benefits to domestic partners, the introduction of wellness initiatives, and health and welfare issues that arise in corporate transactions, litigation, and collective bargaining.