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Recent work includes:

  • advising a US company on the tax, securities and employment implications of extending share option stock plans into France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong and Singapore and revising US documentation to comply with local requirements and to benefit from local tax advantaged treatment.

  • advising companies on establishing Savings Related Share Option and Share Incentive Plans in the UK, adapting Plans for use in the US to operate as Incentive Stock Option Plans and Employee Share Purchase Plans preparing rules and shareholder documentation where necessary together with employee communications.

  • advising a FTSE 100 company on the implementation of an international share award plan and co-ordinating tax, securities and employment advice from over 60 countries.

  • advising a UK listed company on the impact of its merger with another listed company on its existing share incentive arrangements, providing for option and restricted stock exchanges and implementation of new executive and all-employee share incentive arrangements for merged company including documenting plans and employee communications.

  • advising a private equity investor on management share incentives and investments in private equity vehicle and reviewing how arrangements might be unwound on an Exit.

  • co-ordinating advice across 35 jurisdictions for a French listed company on an offer of shares under a Plan d'Epargne d'Entreprise and advising an Anglo-French company on the implementation of an LTIP and Share Incentive Plan in the UK and a specially adapted qualifying option plan and Plan d'Epargne d'Entreprise in France.