Employee Share Plans

We advise on the full range of employee share plans. Our clients include FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, family offices, a large number of private equity-owned businesses, start-up ventures and the trustees of employee benefit trusts. We also advise senior executives on the negotiation of their remuneration packages.

Our services include:

• the design, implementation and operation of equity-based incentive plans;
• tax advice, including the use of statutory tax-favoured plans (CSOP, SAYE, SIP and EMI), growth shares and joint ownership arrangements;
• structuring incentive plans and deferred bonuses to comply with FCA/PRA regulatory requirements;
• advice on the impact of transactions, including M&A, IPOs and private equity exits;
• the establishment and operation of employee benefit trusts and employee ownership trusts;
• establishing international all employee arrangements; and
• advice on multi-jurisdictional share plan issues.