Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC

About this office:

HMW is recognized as one of America's Best Law Firms by Corporate Board Member magazine, ranked as a Top Ten Bond Counsel by The Bond Buyer and is named a Go-To Law Firm by Corporate Counsel magazine. The firm employs more than 145 lawyers, including 19 who are designated Super Lawyers in the 2008 North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine and 23 who are designated as Best Lawyers in America. HMW focuses on three major practice areas: commercial litigation, complex finance and corporate law. Specialty areas include: government relations, securities, mergers & acquisitions, employer services, private equity and others. The firm represents Fortune 100 companies, including the nation's largest financial institutions as well as many high-growth and start-up companies. Helms Mulliss & Wicker's offices are in Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington, NC. For additional information, visit www.hmw.com.

Banking, Finance, Corporate, Government Relations, Business Litigation, Tax, Securities, Real Property and Finance, Labor and Employment (Management) Law, Employee Benefits, International, Technology, Insurance Coverage, Media, Commercial Bankruptcy, Environmental, Public Finance, ERISA, Estate Planning and Administration, Education, Venture Capital, Intellectual Property.

Department of Labor ("DOL") Activity
James H. Culbreth, August 28, 2008
In the fanfare of guidance issued by the DOL this spring, two items are particularly noteworthy.

Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") Activity
James H. Culbreth, August 28, 2008
For many years the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") has required defined benefit plans and money purchase pension plans to give married participants the right to receive retirement benefits in the form of a "qualified joint and survivor annuity" ("QJSA").

Raising the Stakes: U.S. Attorney General and Homeland Security Secretary Announces Increases for Immigration Violations
Amy R. Worley, August 28, 2008
It just got a good deal more expensive for employers who knowingly violate employment-related immigration laws.

Attorneys in the Charlotte Office are Members of: Mecklenburg County and North Carolina Bar Associations and North Carolina State Bar.

(For biographical data on other personnel, see Professional Biographies at Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina)

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