Amal Rafiq
Associate
1401 New York Avenue NW Suite 500 Washington, District of Columbia 20005
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Amal Rafiq
Associate
Amal Rafiq is an Associate in Vedder Price’s Washington, DC office and a member of the firm’s Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits group.
Ms. Rafiq focuses her practice on executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, ESOP transactions, as well as routine executive compensation matters for companies and executives.
Ms. Rafiq represents public and private commercial companies, investment funds, and executives in structuring and implementing executive compensation packages, broad-based equity and incentive compensation arrangements, and identifying related compliance and reporting requirements. Ms. Rafiq counsels buyers, sellers, management and lenders on the benefits and tax issues that arise in corporate transactions. She helps clients understand and comply with the various tax laws affecting executive and equity compensation and is experienced in structuring, implementing and maintaining retirement and deferred compensation plans.
Additionally, Ms. Rafiq works with clients to implement and maintain ESOPs, representing companies, selling shareholders, internal ESOP trustees, external ESOP trustees, and lenders in transactions, and provides advice to employee-owned companies regarding ongoing compliance matters.
Her employee benefits experience includes advising clients with regard to ERISA and Internal Revenue Code compliance for retirement and welfare plans. She regularly assists with U.S. Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service correction programs.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rafiq represented employers and multiemployer (Taft-Hartley) benefit funds, including defined benefit, defined contribution, health and welfare, and training funds, in various compliance areas including ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. She advised clients on fiduciary responsibilities including prohibited transactions, conflicts of interest, plan investments and plan service provider contracts, and she represented multiemployer funds in ERISA litigation.
Ms. Rafiq’s pro bono practice includes asylum and other immigrations-related cases. She spearheaded the firm’s involvement in an asylum task force created to assist female Afghan soldiers evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021, and secured asylum for each soldier and their families.
Ms. Rafiq received her law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law. She is proficient in Urdu and Hindi.
Amal Rafiq
Associate
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 2019
- George Mason University, B.A., 2016
Amal Rafiq
Associate
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 2019
- New Jersey, 2020
- District of Columbia, 2022
Affiliations
- Member, South Asian Bar Association of Philadelphia
- Treasurer, South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C.
- Member, Philadelphia LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Amal Rafiq
Associate
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Publications
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May 30, 2023 |
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February 17, 2023 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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January 31, 2023 | Newsletter/Bulletin
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June 29, 2022 | Article
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January 14, 2022 | Article
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Deals and Transactions
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News
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February 7, 2024 | Press Release
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March 17, 2023 | Press Release
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November 14, 2022 | Press Release
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Upcoming Events
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October 8, 2024 | Seminar
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Past Events
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May 16, 2024 | Seminar
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March 14, 2024 | Seminar
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September 21, 2023 | Seminar
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June 15, 2023 | Seminar
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April 18, 2023 | Seminar
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October 20, 2022 | Seminar
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June 23, 2022 | Seminar
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March 31, 2022 | Special Event
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