Sam is a Senior Reward Specialist in the Reward Practice. She has more than 20 years’ experience advising unlisted and listed companies on the structure and implementation of employee and management incentive plans to achieve their growth ambitions.
She assists businesses throughout the business lifecycle from start-up to scale up and through M&A activity with the design and operation of their employee and management incentive arrangements. She also regularly advises companies transitioning to majority employee ownership through the statutory employee ownership trust model.
Immediately prior to joining Macfarlanes, Sam led the employee incentives team at Harper James, a private-equity backed start-up law firm where she supported growth companies with the implementation of tax-efficient plans including EMI option plans, CSOPs and growth share plans as well as leading the employee ownership trust offering to clients.
Sam is a Chartered Tax Adviser and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.