Allison P. Tanner

North Carolina

McGuireWoods LLP
201 N Tryon Street
Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28202

Tel: +1 704 343 2203

Email: atanner@mcguirewoods.com
Web: www.mcguirewoods.com

Professional Biography

Allison Tanner is a Partner in the Charlotte, NC office of McGuireWoods LLP.

Allie focuses on advising employers on the legal aspects of employee benefit and executive compensation matters arising under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.

She counsels a variety of public and private companies with respect to qualified retirement plans, non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements and other benefit programs. She also assists with a variety of interdisciplinary practice areas that are affected by employee benefits and executive compensation laws.

Before joining McGuireWoods, Allie served as lead trial paralegal for a litigation firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. Allie received her undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctorate from The University of North Carolina School of Law. While attending law school on a Smith/Shaver Merit Scholarship, she participated as a staff member for the North Carolina Law Review.

Honors, Awards & Recognition

  • Selected for inclusion, Associates to Watch, 2021; Leading Lawyers, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, North Carolina, 2022-2025, Chambers USA
  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2021-2025
  • Selected for inclusion as a “Next Generation Partner,” Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design, Legal 500 US, 2024, 2025
  • Selected for inclusion in “Legal 500 United States,” Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design 2022-2025; Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional, 2023, 2024
  • Named to “North Carolina Rising Stars,” Employee Benefits, Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2024

McGuireWoods’ employee benefits and executive compensation services span the spectrum of issues relating to retirement and compensation-related arrangements, including those intersecting M&A, private equity, fund formation, financing transactions and other critical areas of the law.

McGuireWoods handles employee benefits and compensation matters, including:

  • executive employment, retention, change in control and severance agreements;
  • equity, derivative equity, and short-term and long-term incentive compensation programs;
  • executive retirement and fringe benefits;
  • proxy and related executive compensation disclosures;
  • tax-qualified retirement plans: 401(k), pensions, and traditional and cash-balance plans;
  • nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements;
  • employee stock ownership plans;
  • health and welfare programs: Wrap and Cafeteria plans, Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association plans and all component health arrangements;
  • severance arrangements; and
  • fiduciary education and advice.

Representing industry leaders, Fortune 100 companies and start-ups, our clients include public companies and closely held businesses of all sizes. The team’s experience ranges from advising banks, insurers, third-party administrators and other benefit plan service providers to counseling tax-exempt organizations, including hospitals, trade associations and educational institutions.

McGuireWoods LLP is a full-service law firm providing legal solutions to corporate, individual and nonprofit clients worldwide for more than 190 years. Our commitment to excellence in everything we do gives our clients a competitive edge in everything they do.

Working from 21 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, McGuireWoods has earned the loyalty of many longstanding clients with deep understanding of their businesses, and broad skills in corporate transactions, high-stakes disputes, and complex regulatory and compliance matters.

McGuireWoods is dedicated to diverse perspectives, impeccable client service, and innovative delivery of practical, business-minded solutions.

“Allison Tanner advises public and private companies on all manner of employee benefit and executive compensation programs and their compliance with ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.”
Chambers & Partners