Brown Rudnick announced today that Kevin Brown has joined its New York office as a partner in the Tax group.

Brown advises clients on matters involving executive compensation and employee benefits, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, financings and corporate restructurings. He counsels clients on equity-based and other incentive compensation plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans and executive employment, severance and change in control agreements, as well as on tax-qualified plan, welfare plan and ERISA fiduciary matters.

“Kevin is a valuable addition to our Firm,” said Mark Dorff, managing director of the Firm’s Corporate & Capital Markets Department. “His broad-based experience across a range of corporate transactions makes him a perfect fit for our exceptional Tax group and strengthens our ability to provide superior service to our clients.”

Brown has represented clients in their deadlines with the IRS, the Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on benefits-related matters, including plan audits, compliance filings, administrative proceedings, ruling requests and plan terminations.

Brown previously was a counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell. He received a B.S. from the University of Florida, a J.D. with honors from Emory University School of Law and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University.

“I am very excited to join Brown Rudnick and work with its highly regarded lawyers,” Brown said. “The Firm’s market-leading corporate transactional and restructuring practices provide a great platform for me to grow my practice and contribute to the Firm’s success.”