DeRouen, Patrick D.

Travis DeHaven advises clients with respect to all aspects of compensation and benefits matters, including executive compensation design and implementation and issues arising under Code Section 409A; employment, severance, and retention agreements; design and legal compliance concerning tax qualified plans and welfare benefits; and issues of fiduciary responsibility under ERISA. He particularly focuses on these issues in the context of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures and acts as co-counsel on litigation matters, advising on the ERISA issues that arise in this context.

Travis serves as counsel to Southern Company and its subsidiaries concerning all employee benefits issues. Other current representations include advising Lord Corporation. He also has served as benefits counsel to Dollar General Corporation, Mirant Corporation, and Chik-fil-A. Specific M&A transactions in which he has played a key role include the spin-off of Mirant Corporation to shareholders of Southern Company, the merger of Illinova Corporation into Dynergy, and the sale of SEMCO Energy to Cap Rock Holding Corporation. With respect to recent litigation matters, Travis advised the Administration Committee for the Southern Company Savings Plan on the class action settlement of Spivey v. Southern Company, a stock drop case involving Mirant Corporation stock held by the Plan as a dividend after the spin-off of Mirant from Southern Company.

Travis is a frequent speaker on compensation and benefits-related topics and the author of published articles. He has served on several not-for-profit boards for educational institutions in chairman and director positions.