Andrew Dalin

Andrew Dalin is Counsel in the New York office's Pensions, Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. His primary practice area is Pension Law.

He brings significant practice strength to Dentons' employee benefits, trusts and estates, and corporate areas. He focuses on the representation of employers in the design, drafting, amendment, termination, implementation and administration of tax-qualified retirement plans (including 401(k) plans and defined benefit plans), nonqualified deferred compensation and welfare plans for both private and publicly held entities, and their treatment in corporate transactions. He assists clients with qualified plan correction matters and related filings with the Internal Revenue Service.

He has extensive experience advising clients concerning fiduciary responsibilities and prohibited transaction implications involving transactions ranging from routine plan investments to sophisticated corporate transactions involving plan mergers, spin-offs and terminations. He also represents employers and plan trustees in plan qualification and other controversies with the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.

He has also represented tax-exempt employers in connection with their retirement plans, including advice in connection with 403(b) plan matters.

He works closely with the New York Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation practice on retirement plan and annuity matters for closely held companies, business owners and individuals, including advice concerning estate planning issues related to individual retirement accounts.

His recognition includes being named in Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch" for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2026) and Trusts and Estates (2025–2026). He was a recipient of the Lawyers Alliance for New York Cornerstone Award (2023).

Prior to joining Dentons, he was with the law firm of Rosen and Reade, LLP, a well-known trusts and estates boutique practice in New York City.

He holds a JD from Pace University (1986) and a BS from University at Albany (1976).