Brenna focuses her practice on a range of employee benefits and compensation matters.
She advises on the design and implementation of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, executive compensation agreements, equity and equity-based incentive plans, fringe benefits, and other benefit programs. She assists clients with day-to-day compliance, legal updates, and responding to benefit claims. Brenna also regularly advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits and human resources matters arising in corporate transactions.
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- Represented Securian Financial Group, Inc. in the auctioned sale of its retirement plan recordkeeping business to Standard Insurance Company.
- Represented Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc., a leading North American specialty distributor of interior building products, in the acquisition of AMES Taping Tools Holding LLC for total value of $212.5 million in cash.
- Represented Empower in its acquisition of MassMutual’s retirement services business for a total transaction value of $3.35 billion.
- Represented Empower in its acquisition of Prudential's retirement plan business for a total transaction value of $3.55 billion.
- Advised a multinational energy transportation company in a cross-border deal in connection with its divestment of a large transmission line in the West through the sale of Canadian and US entities owning relevant portions of the transmission line.
- DOL Proposed Regulation: “Fiduciary Duties In Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives,” April 14, 2026, In-House Benefits Counsel Network (IBCN) Retirement & Executive Compensation Call
- Voluntary Benefit Litigation and Other Health & Welfare Updates, February 5, 2026, Eversheds Sutherland webcast
- Hot topics in employee benefits: Summer 2025 updates, June 24, 2025, Eversheds Sutherland webcast
- Employee Benefits Update: A legal checkup for health and welfare plans, October 2, 2024, Eversheds Sutherland webcast
- Fertility Treatments, May 14, 2024, In-House Benefits Counsel Network Health and Welfare Call
- Part 1: DB De-Risking and Hot Topics Webinar, November 1, 2023, Retirement Plans Global Summit
- SECURE 2.0 for Retirement Plans, June 14, 2023
- How embedded is ESG in your compensation and benefits strategy?, September 20, 2022
- The Crystal Ball of Employee Benefits: A Look Ahead at 2021, January 7, 2021, Eversheds Sutherland January Outlook webcast series
- 2021 Tax Outlook Webcast series, January 5-15, 2021
- Webcast: Global share plans – hot topics and current developments, November 16, 2018
- Webcast: Assessing Retirement Plan Compliance in a Post-Determination Letter World, September 28, 2017
- Named to Best Lawyers in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2026)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation (2021-2025)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of tax: employee benefits and executive compensation (2018-2022, 2024-2025) and US taxes: non-contentious (2019)
- Georgia
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
- B.A., summa cum laude, Ohio University, Honors Tutorial College