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Caryn Coppedge McNeill Partner
Duke University, J.D., 1991
Davidson College, B.A., with honors in English, 1988
Professional Summary
Ms. McNeill leads Smith Anderson’s Employee Benefits and Compensation Practice Group. Her practice includes advising clients on all aspects of the design, implementation and administration of employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements. A significant part of her practice is devoted to counseling and negotiating on behalf of clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Ms. McNeill’s recent experience includes:
- Serving as counsel to a company as it established a leveraged ESOP and used that ESOP to purchase 49% of the company from its sole shareholder in a $13 million tax-advantaged rollover transaction; and
- Preparing performance-driven management incentive plans to help a purchaser retain the top management of a recently acquired company post-closing.
Representative Clients
Four Oaks Bank & Trust Company
Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC
The Pantry, Inc.
Quintiles Transnational Corp.
R. H. Donnelley, Inc.
Xerium Technologies, Inc.
Representative Accomplishments and Honors
Listed, Woodward/White Inc. The Best Lawyers in America (Employee Benefits Law)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
Triangle Pro Bono Award Winner, Business Leader Magazine
7-Year Member, Smith Anderson's Policy & Planning Committee
Selected Speaking Engagements
Speaker, "The Employment Law and ESOP Implications of Reductions in Force and Multiple Layoffs," Carolinas Chapter of The ESOP Association 2nd Annual Conference, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina, August 27-28, 2009
Speaker, Opportunities and Obstacles in an Economic Slowdown," The ESOP Association's 2009 ESOP Southeast Regional Conference, Savannah, Georgia, March 26-27, 2009
Speaker, "Are Your 401(k) Fiduciary Responsibilities Keeping You Up at Night?" Joint Program with Aon Consulting, North Carolina Bar Center, Cary, North Carolina, February 5, 2009
Speaker, "Assorted Issues with ESOP Investments in Today's Market," Carolinas Chapter of The ESOP Association 1st Annual Conference, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina, August 27-28, 2008
Speaker, "Special Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions: Employee Benefits Implications," North Carolina Bar Association 2008 Business Law Section and Corporate Counsel Section Joint Annual Meetings, Pinehurst, North Carolina, February 22, 2008
Professional and Community Activities
Executive Committee Member, Carolinas Chapter of The ESOP Association (2007- )
Member, The ESOP Association
Member, Triangle Benefits Forum
Member, National Association of Stock Plan Professionals
Co-Chair, North Carolina Bar Association “4All” Task Force (2007-2008)
Chair, North Carolina Bar Association Lawyer Effectiveness & Quality of Life Committee (2004-2006)
Member, BarCARES Board (2004-2006)
Member, North Carolina Bar Association Strategic Planning Committee (2001-2003)
Member, North Carolina Bar Association Tax Section Council (1998-2002)
Member, North Carolina Bar Association Board of Governors (1999-2000; 2001-2002)
Chair, North Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (1999-2000)
Bar Admissions and Memberships
American Bar Association
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
Admitted to Practice
All North Carolina State Courts
