PBGC seeks outside litigation counsel, including a national counsel team, to provide litigation readiness, strategic advice, and representation in administrative law and statutory challenges to Special Financial Assistance eligibility determinations for multiemployer plans that terminated by mass withdrawal and seek SFA. Counsel will also advise on related SFA matters while PBGC retains all decision-making authority. The contractor must develop and implement a coordinated national litigation strategy for matters in the Second Circuit and other federal circuits, including potential U.S. Supreme Court proceedings. The work includes managing and coordinating litigation across multiple venues, such as legal research, jurisdictional analysis, brief and motion drafting, discovery, hearings, trial-level and appellate representation, and related strategic advice. PBGC may authorize additional SFA-related advice and paralegal or filing support through written direction from the Contracting Officer or Contracting Officer’s Representative.