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Jackson Walker
Alyca Riley Garrison

Alyca Riley Garrison

Associate, Austin
512.236.2045
agarrison@jw.com
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Practice Areas

  • Labor & Employment
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (ERISA)

Experience

  • ERISA Litigation
  • Executive and Incentive Compensation
  • Health & Welfare Plans
  • Investment Funds
  • Public Pension Plans
  • Retirement Plans

Biography

Alyca Riley Garrison is an associate in Jackson Walker’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice. Alyca represents public and private sector clients in all areas of employee benefits and executive compensation. Alyca also represents and advises municipal and statewide public pension plans in the state of Texas on a variety of issues arising under federal and state law, including plan administration, statutory interpretation, fiduciary compliance, governance, tax qualification, and plan investments.

As part of the ERISA practice group, Alyca regularly assists clients with design, compliance, and tax issues related to all types of retirement plans, deferred compensation plans, stock option and equity compensation plans, incentive bonus plans, severance and employment agreements, and transaction bonus or change-in-control plans. Alyca also assists clients with corrective filings under the voluntary correction program sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service. Alyca regularly works with Jackson Walker’s Corporate & Securities practice to address employee benefit and executive compensation issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions, including reviewing the employee benefits provisions of transactional documents, advising on Section 409A and 280G issues, and drafting and implementing incentive or equity compensation plans.

Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Alyca worked as a Tax Manager at one of the Big 4 Accounting firms serving domestic and international clients in various industries including insurance, highway construction, technology, and food service. Alyca’s experience and background as a certified public accountant allow her to effectively assist clients in navigating many complex employee benefit and compensation provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, including both Section 409A and Section 280G.

Education

B.B.A. Accounting, magna cum laude, Baylor University

  • Master of Taxation (MTax), Baylor University

J.D., magna cum laude, Baylor University School of Law

  • Technical Editor, Baylor Law Review

Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2009

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2016

Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement Client Results Attorney News
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2022
  • Guest, “Texas Open Meetings Act in the Era of Social Distancing,” Jackson Walker Fast Takes Podcast (April 2020)
  • Panelist, “Preparing Your 401(k) Plan for Inspection,” Southwest Benefits Association (SWBA) 2019 Webinar Series, (June 2019)
  • Author, “IRS Provides for Expedited Loans and Hardship Distributions from Retirement Plans,” Jackson Walker Insights (September 2017)
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
  • Texas Association of Public Pension Attorneys, Vice President, 2017-2018
  • American Bar Association – Tax Section
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Jessica Palvino and Alyca Riley Garrison to Speak at Tax Law in a Day Conference

Jackson Walker senior counsel Jessica B. Palvino and associate Alyca Riley Garrison are scheduled to present during the Tax Law in a Day Conference, providing insights on Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Sponsored by the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas, the conference will be held online on February 2-3, 2023.

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Jackson Walker Represents Novaria Group in Completing Six Acquisitions in Seven Months

Novaria Group, a leading manufacturer of specialty hardware, components, and coatings for the aerospace and defense industries, recently completed its acquisition of STROCO Manufacturing, Inc. This deal marks the sixth acquisition Novaria has announced from December of 2021 through July of 2022, taking place after its successful acquisitions of FMi Chemical, Hohman Plating, Advanced Coating, Hydro Fitting, and GK Mechanical Systems.

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Client Results

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Atlas Copco, a Swedish industrial tools and equipment manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of client Montana Instruments Corporation for an undisclosed purchase price. The acquisition is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2022.

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View Jackson Walker’s April 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.

2022 Texas Rising Stars list

March 22, 2022

Attorney News

Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2022 Texas Rising Stars

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 51 attorneys to Thomson Reuters’ 2022 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” list, which recognizes only 2.5% of Texas attorneys who either are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less.

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Client Results

Jackson Walker Represents Prophet Equity in Acquisition of RJV Equipment, LLC

Jackson Walker represented Prophet Equity in the acquisition of Tennessee-based RJV Equipment, LLC, a provider of new and used equipment sales, rental parts, and maintenance services to the utility infrastructure and commercial construction markets. The transaction closed on November 1, 2021, for an undisclosed amount.

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Client Results

Jackson Walker Team Advises Digital Turbine on More Than $1B in Global Deals in 2021

Digital Turbine, a public leading independent mobile advertising solutions provider, has completed more than $1 billion in cross-border deals in 2021 through the acquisitions of Fyber, AdColony, and Triapodi (d/b/a Appreciate).

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Newsletters

JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – October 2021

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Ceramic tiles with Jackson Walker logo

August 30, 2021

Client Results

Jackson Walker Serves as US Counsel to Grupo Lamosa in Acquisition of Grupo Roca’s Flat Ceramic Division

Jackson Walker acted as U.S. counsel to Grupo Lamosa, S.A.B. de C.V., one of the world’s leading ceramic tile manufacturers, in the purchase of Grupo Roca’s flat ceramic division for $260 million. The transaction includes the acquisition of Tiles Investments and Holdings, SL and its subsidiaries, which have a presence in Spain, Brazil, and the United States.

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Recognition & Accolades

  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2022

Publications & Speeches

  • Guest, “Texas Open Meetings Act in the Era of Social Distancing,” Jackson Walker Fast Takes Podcast (April 2020)
  • Panelist, “Preparing Your 401(k) Plan for Inspection,” Southwest Benefits Association (SWBA) 2019 Webinar Series, (June 2019)
  • Author, “IRS Provides for Expedited Loans and Hardship Distributions from Retirement Plans,” Jackson Walker Insights (September 2017)

Community Involvement

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
  • Texas Association of Public Pension Attorneys, Vice President, 2017-2018
  • American Bar Association – Tax Section

Practice Areas

  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (ERISA)
  • Labor & Employment

Experience

  • ERISA Litigation
  • Executive and Incentive Compensation
  • Health & Welfare Plans
  • Investment Funds
  • Public Pension Plans
  • Retirement Plans
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