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Provided by Burges Salmon LLP
Incentives play a crucial role in attracting and retaining talent, increasing employee engagement, and aligning the interests of employees with shareholders.
We provide advice on the design, implementation and management of effective reward structures that help to meet your business objectives.
The remuneration and reward regulatory landscape is complex and constantly evolving. We offer practical, commercial advice to resolve any challenges arising from this complexity. With over 35 years of experience, our multi-disciplined team includes lawyers, chartered accountants and chartered tax advisers.
The scope of our expertise covers a wide range of issues, including share option plans, internationally mobile employees, employee benefit trusts, employment-contract incentives issues and private equity share structures.
As active members of the Share Plans Lawyers Group, our expertise is continuously updated, ensuring that we provide cutting-edge, reliable advice.
From structuring share option plans to advising on long term incentive plans, our Incentives lawyers offer guidance based on your unique challenges.
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Burges Salmon has a well-regarded team in the incentives market. It offers clients advice across a range of matters in the incentives market, from transactional share plan agreements to the bespoke design and implementation of more traditional schemes.
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Burges Salmon advised the remuneration committee of AOTI on the share plan aspects in connection with its USD140 million IPO admission onto AIM.
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Burges Salmon have helped and supported us with the initiation and launch of our company plan. They provided practical legal advice and guidance.
This team puts the hours in to make sure that the client's interests are served in the best possible manner.
The team at Burges Salmon were creative and thoughtful in their approach to tailoring a scheme to fit the needs of our company.
Burges Salmon offer a strong, creative approach which is tailored to each specific client.
Burges Salmon are always responsive within one working day and they are transparent around pricing and invoices.
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Nigel has a great reputation as a national practitioner; he has a good pedigree and the work to back this up.
Nigel offers a perfect working relationship.
Nigel is the reason we use Burges Salmon. He is a true specialist and makes dealing with incentives a pleasure.
I can just pick up the phone and ask a question and because his knowledge is so wide he will be able to help. He is also really fun; he has a lightness which makes everything that bit easier.
Nigel is an expert across areas of corporate incentives and understands the business.
Employee Share Schemes & Incentives
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