Our international employee share incentive team advises on all aspects of the structure, establishment and operation of all types of employee share plans for both public and private companies including:
- preparing plan rules and employee communications
- advising on stock exchange, institutional investor, financial services, regulatory and corporate issues
- employment and taxation advice
- advising on the impact of corporate reorganisations, takeovers, mergers, sales and purchases of companies and advising on IPOs
- implementing share plans globally.
We advise on tax favoured plans where available such as:
- in the UK, Inland Revenue approved company share option plans, savings-related share option plans, share incentive plans; and enterprise management incentives
- in France, the Plan d'Epargne d'Entreprise
- in the US co-ordinating statutory options (including Incentive Stock Options and Employee Share Purchase Plans).
We also advise on:
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unapproved share option plans
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long-term incentive plans
- employee benefit trusts
- deferred or restricted share plans.