Livia Quan is a senior associate of the firm with ten years of experience in ERISA and employee benefit plans. She was formerly a senior associate in the Legal/Compliance Unit of Mercer Human Resource Consulting's retirement practice group. Livia had prior ERISA positions with Putnam Investments and the U.S. Department of Labor. She specializes in designing, implementing and amending defined contribution and defined benefit plans, (including individually designed and prototype plans), structuring and carrying out plan terminations, and obtaining rulings from government agencies. She also advises clients and senior executives on matters related to executive compensation and benefits issues arising in corporate transactions and bankruptcy. Livia has broad experience in resolving a wide array of compliance and audit issues with the DOL, IRS and PBGC as well as claims by participants and beneficiaries.

Livia is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and is a member of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston Bar Associations. She received her B.A., with distinction, from the University of Rochester (1992) and her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School (1996).