Susan Peters Schaefer advises clients on a wide range of matters that affect employee benefit plans, such as mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary responsibility issues, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) controversies, and prohibited transactions. She also represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor.

Susan counsels clients such as global manufacturing and service companies, small business, fiduciaries, and financial institutions as well as corporations, individuals, and fiduciaries in a variety of corporate transactions. Susan assists clients with negotiation of employment and non-compete agreements, the development of succession plans, and the implementation of executive compensation plans.