Mr. Jones' practice concentrates on qualified plans and equity compensation arrangements for domestic and international clients.

Recent work has included representing purchasers and sellers in corporate transactions; drafting equity compensation plans and related securities filings; negotiating plan funding agreements for trustees and other financial institutions; providing ERISA counsel to lenders and borrowers in the negotiation of credit agreements; advising employers defending actions for fiduciary breach; terminating defined benefit plans and negotiating withdrawal liability for multiemployer plans; counseling employers on the restructure of postretirement medical plans; drafting privacy agreements and plan amendments for health plans and service providers; and representing issuers of equity and debt securities in private securities placements.

American Bar Association, Section on Taxation, Committee on Employee Benefits, 1999 - present

• Young Lawyers Liaison, Subcommittee on International Benefits Issues, Committee on Employer Benefits, 2007-Present
• John Nolan Fellow, 2004-2005
• Task Force on the Alternative Minimum Tax, 2003 - 2004

"Stock Grants to Employees in China," ABA Section of Taxation Midyear Meeting, San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 22, 2010

Panel discussion, "International Pension Issues in a Global Economy: Report of the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities," ABA Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Chicago, Ill., Sept. 25, 2009

Panel discussion, "New Guidance under Section 457A," ABA Section of Taxation May Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2009

"Debt on Withdrawal from U.K. Multiemployer Schemes," ABA Section of Taxation Midyear Meeting, New Orleans, La., Jan. 9, 2009

"Addressing Foreign Issues under Section 409A:  U.S. Taxation of Canadian Deferred Compensation," ABA Annual Meeting, New York, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2008."Update on International Stock Registration Requirements," ABA Section of Taxation Midyear Meeting,  Washington, D.C., May 9, 2008

"Recent Benefits Decisions on Mergers and Acquisitions," ABA Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 28, 2007

"Section 409A and Multinational Employers," Pillsbury webinar, Jun. 5, 2007."ERISA Investment in Hedge Funds and Private Equity," Pillsbury client seminars, New York, N.Y., Mar. 3, 2007

"Securities Law and Equity Compensation," Pillsbury CLE program, New York, N.Y., Mar. 8, 2006

"Proposed Regulations on Incentive Stock Options," ABA Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 8, 2003