Employee Incentives and Employment Tax overview

We provide a highly effective service covering all forms of employee incentives and employment tax issues 

"Highly responsive and pragmatic."
Chambers 2006

Our Employee Incentives and Employment Tax team advises on how best to structure, document, establish and operate all forms of employee incentive arrangements. We work for both quoted and unquoted companies, and also companies undertaking flotation (whether a full listing or on AIM).

Our advice encompasses employer and employee tax, company law, corporate governance and regulatory issues arising out of such arrangements (whether share-based or cash-based). Our team also advises listed companies on the application of the Listing Rules, Prospectus Rules and Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations and liaises, where appropriate, with representatives of institutional investors (including the Association of British Insurers).

In addition, we are able to advise on the impact of all types of corporate transactions (including takeovers and rights issues) on the rights of participants in employee incentive arrangements.

We specialise in advising on the complex tax issues that can arise wherever an employee receives shares in their employer, in particular advising management teams and investors on the structuring of the managers’ equity in MBO and other private equity transactions.

We also advise on all matters relating to the taxation of employees and directors (including PAYE, National Insurance contributions and capital gains tax), including those arising on termination of their employment or office.

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