UK Guide 2026 : UK-wide
Ranked Individual
Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
Eversheds Sutherland’s UK Employee Incentives team is one of the largest and most specialised in the market, offering integrated legal and tax advice on all forms of employee share and cash incentive arrangements. The team acts for a broad client base, including FTSE 100 and Fortune 100 companies, AIM-listed businesses, private equity-backed firms, and regulated entities such as asset managers, banks, insurers and utilities. Their expertise covers the design, implementation and operation of global share schemes, bespoke arrangements, and UK tax-advantaged plans, as well as advising on incentive issues arising in M&A transactions, IPOs, and corporate reorganisations. Recent mandates include advising NYSE and Tokyo-listed companies on multi-jurisdictional schemes, advising regulated entities on their remuneration policies and malus and clawback policies to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, supporting public offers exceeding £450m, and guiding trustees through multi-billion-pound transactions. The team is known for delivering commercially focused, clear advice and managing complex cross-border projects from its London base.
Provided by Chambers
Eversheds Sutherland has expertise in UK and international work in the share scheme and incentives arena. It advises corporate clients and companies in the real estate, retail and education sectors, with areas of focus including reward and incentive structures. The team has strong capabilities in transaction-related matters.
Provided by Chambers
Eversheds Sutherland assisted Manitowoc with reviewing its new global omnibus incentive plan.
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The team was able to provide excellent reference points and timely advice, which is essential given the state of the market.
Eversheds has been a close partner in a situation with a complex incentive scheme. Their work is efficient and their client service is very good.
Eversheds have a really good team who build relationships quickly and support their clients to the highest degree.
The team have deep specialist knowledge which they are able to apply commercially.
They are in absolute command of the nuances and complexities of the areas they work in, proactively flagging to us how changes in legislation may affect our existing or planned schemes.
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Danny is incredibly strong in all areas. He delivers personable, knowledgeable and timely work and often surpasses my expectations.
Danny has been a trusted partner and went above and beyond with his team to deliver exceptional service and market-leading quality of work.
Danny was an excellent partner for the project and we valued his responsiveness, expertise and pragmatism.
Danny communicates complex matters clearly and takes a clinical approach to complex considerations.
Danny is always responsive to our requests for advice. He is always commercial and quick to point out commercial considerations that we may not have considered.
Head of Employee Share Schemes & Incentives
Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
Richard Surtees
Victoria Green
Brittany Dodds
Mimi Tsolchovska
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