Okelly E. McWilliams

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ABOUT OKELLY E. MCWILLIAMS

O’Kelly advises US and international clients on a wide range of business and employment law matters. He has extensive experience handling employment aspects of M&A and other corporate transactions as well as employment disputes and compensation issues. O’Kelly has collaborated with some of the world’s leading companies and emerging businesses to mitigate their risks and advance their business plans. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Virginia Retirement System — a nearly $105 billion pension plan — and participates on its Benefits & Actuarial, Audit and Compliance, Defined Contribution Plan, and Administration and Personnel committees.To help organizations manage employee relationships and reduce their liability, O’Kelly works with them to establish industry-specific employment policies and to provide board members and managers with compliance and employment training. He also conducts compensation audits to mitigate risks related to pay disparity issues. O’Kelly has significant experience helping clients develop, negotiate, and draft executive employment, noncompete, independent contractor and consulting, services agreement, severance, change in control, and other complex agreements. In addition, he handles equity-based compensation and incentive plans, and helps clients assess the risks associated with terminating employment and independent contractor relationships.