Dana S. Fried

JD, LLM, Managing Director - National Tax Services – CohnReznick Advisory LLC

 Dana Fried is responsible for the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of the Tax practice on a national basis. He advises clients on the Employee Retention Credit and has provided executive compensation and employee benefits planning, design/structuring, operational and administrative consulting, and tax-related services to public companies of every size and privately held businesses in nearly every industry. 

Experience and credentials

Regularly advises clients on employment agreements, equity and non-equity incentives, elective and non-elective nonqualified deferred compensation, related reporting and withholding requirements, and retirement, pension, and welfare plans
Has extensive experience in the compensation and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions transactions including planning, due diligence, structuring, post-transaction integration, and change of control-triggered compensation plans, agreements, and arrangements
Joined the firm after 35 years of practicing in the tax departments of Big 4 accounting firms and prominent national law firms

Education

J.D., Boston University School of Law 
L.L.M., New York University School of Law 
MBA, Boston University Graduate School of Management
B.A., English and History - SUNY Binghamton
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