Jonathan M. Reinstein
Associate
Jonathan Reinstein joined Ropes & Gray in 2019 and is an associate in the firm’s employment, executive compensation and employee benefits practice.
Jon’s practice centers on new and emerging issues impacting the field of employee benefits, ERISA and executive compensation. In particular, he has recently focused on the ever-changing landscape regarding retirement plan investments and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations both with respect to the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations as well as the various state legislative and regulatory initiatives in this area. In addition, he has advised on best practices in ERISA fiduciary governance and litigation risks for plan sponsors and fiduciaries, including plan investment menu design.
Jon also has experience advising public and private companies on executive compensation issues, including, among other things, structuring equity-based and other incentives, deferred compensation, executive employment agreements, and separation agreements. He has also worked with publicly-listed companies with the review and preparation of securities law disclosure related to executive compensation and with drafting equity-based and other incentive arrangements.
In his role as overseer of the department’s legal knowledge library, Jon guides practice group attorneys on the use of appropriate forms, precedents, checklists, and other knowledge management resources and assists them in tailoring resources for specific client needs.
Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate in the employee benefits and executive compensation groups of two other international law firms.
Publications
- Co-author, “Congressional Republicans Continue Attack on 2022 ESG Rule,” The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (August 2, 2023)
- Co-author, “District Court Vacates Department of Labor’s Plan-to-IRA Rollover Guidance; Other Challenges to Agency’s Rulemaking Under ERISA Loom,” Westlaw Today (March 8, 2023)
- Co-author, “State Regulation of ESG Investment Decision-making by Public Retirement Plans,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (October 25, 2022)
- Co-author, “3 Takeaways From Intel Retirement Plan Leaders' ERISA Win,” Ropes & Gray Practice Note (February 18, 2021)
- Co-author, “Boards, Shareholders and Executive Pay,” Cleary & PWC Present: The Executive Compensation Series (July 21, 2016)
- Co-author, “United States,” The Executive Remuneration Review (4th Ed., 2015)
- Co-author, “Nasdaq Proposes Tweaks to Compensation Committee Independence Requirements,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (December 24, 2013)
Presentations
- Co-presenter, “ESG – A New Chapter for Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries," Worldwide Employee Benefits Network, NY Chapter Webinar (January 20, 2022)
Education
- JD, magna cum laude, New York Law School, 2013
- MS (Library and Information Science), summa cum laude, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, 2007
- BA (Anthropology), summa cum laude, Stony Brook University, 2006
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- New York, 2014
- New Jersey, 2013
Awards
- Best Lawyers in America – Ones to Watch (2024)
- New York Super Lawyers Rising Star (2016-2023)