Michael Del Conte advises clients on a wide range of ERISA regulatory compliance issues, particularly with regard to disclosure and plan investment issues. Michael draws heavily on his insider’s view of ERISA’s primary regulator to assist his clients in meeting their various disclosure, reporting, and monitoring requirements. Additionally, a significant portion of Michael’s practice involves negotiating investments by pension plans and voluntary employees beneficiary association plans in hedge funds, private equity funds, and other private placement investments. In the past five years he has negotiated several billion dollars in plan investments and subscriptions. Michael joined the firm in 2012 after spending four years with the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration in the Office of Regulations and Interpretations. In that role he assisted in the development and drafting of disclosure regulations including the Participant Level Fee Disclosure Regulation and the service provider disclosure regulation under ERISA section 408(b)(2). Previous Experience Employee Benefits Law Specialist, Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration Honors & Distinctions Department of Labor, 2012 Secretary’s Honor Award
Publications DOL Presses Forward With Lifetime Income Disclosure in Defined Contribution Plans Groom Benefits BriefAugust 25, 2020
Past Events Webinar: Lifetime Income Illustrations – DOL Gives 401(k) Plan Participants a View of the Future. How Will They React? (August 20, 2020) Groom WebinarAugust 20, 2020
Publications DOL Finalizes Safe Harbor Regulation for Retirement Plan Electronic Disclosures Groom Benefits BriefMay 29, 2020
Past Events Webinar: New DOL E-Delivery Rules – Coming Soon to an Inbox Near You (May 27, 2020) Groom WebinarMay 27, 2020
Past Events Webinar: ERISA Plan Expense Rules: What Expenses Can a Plan Pay? (April 28, 2020) COVID-19 Webinar SeriesApril 28, 2020
Publications DOL Modernizes Disclosure Rules in a Significant Expansion of Electronic Delivery Groom Benefits BriefOctober 28, 2019
Publications It’s Over! Fifth Circuit Issues Mandate Vacating Fiduciary Rule Groom Benefits BriefJune 22, 2018
Publications DOL Announces Temporary Enforcement Policy in Response to Fifth Circuit Decision Groom Benefits BriefMay 7, 2018