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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives

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The Remuneration & Incentives Team works with clients on their most complex remuneration and incentives issues, advising listed and unlisted corporates, from start-ups to multinational clients, and LLPs, on the implementation and day-to-day operation of share plans and other employee and partner incentive arrangements. We help our clients throughout the lifecycle of the arrangements, from implementation and drafting advice, to operational issues and winding up the arrangements on corporate actions.

Clients (33)

  • Arris Group
  • Atlassian Corporation
  • BHP Billiton
  • British American Tobacco
  • BlueBay Asset Management
  • Canaccord Genuity
  • ClearBank
  • Coats
  • Dart Group
  • G4S
  • Hammerson
  • Investec Bank
  • Johnson Matthey
  • Just-Eat
  • Lonmin
  • Man Group
  • Michelin
  • moneysupermarket.com
  • Page Group
  • Pension Insurance Corporation
  • Signet Jewelers
  • Sky
  • Travis Perkins
  • TSB Banking Group
  • The UNITE Group
  • The Weir Group
  • Vanguard Asset Management
  • Westpac
  • MADE.com
  • Marex
  • OneWeb
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  • Kin and Carta plc

Industries (20)

  • Banks
  • Chemicals
  • Commercial & Professional Services
  • Construction & Materials
  • Consumer Product Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Food & Drink Producers
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Insurance
  • Media
  • Mining & Metals
  • Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
  • Software & Computer Services
  • Telecommunications
  • Transportation
  • Travel & Leisure
  • Utilities

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Employee Share Schemes & Incentives - UK-wide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer acts across a range of issues including share schemes and incentives, financial services remuneration and corporate advisory governance. It represents organisations from the financial services industry, as well as working with a number of technology and transportation clients. The team advises on incentive plan aspects of transactions. The department utilises the firm's global network to assist UK clients with international extensions of incentive arrangements, advising on local tax, exchange control and securities regulations.

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Work Highlights

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  • Herbert Smith Freehills advised Waverton Investment Management on the incentives aspects of its acquisition by London & Capital.

Strengths

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  • The advice provided always fits our business reality.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

  • Their responsiveness, their ability to get to the core of the issues quickly and their commercial pragmatism make this one of the best teams in the business for incentives advice.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

  • They are an extremely knowledgeable team who are able to communicate complex legal scenarios in a practical and pragmatic way, with clear guidance.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Mark Ife
    Mark Ife

    Mark Ife

    Mark Ife advises on remuneration and incentives issues arising from transactions and takeovers. His client base includes notable financial services companies.

    • Mark is simply one of the most pragmatic, commercial and responsive incentive partners there is. He's a class act.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

    • Mark provides super support.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK
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  • Paul Ellerman
    Paul Ellerman

    Paul Ellerman

    Paul Ellerman advises listed and private companies on remuneration and share plans. He is well versed in advising clients in the context of both domestic and cross-border transactions.

    • Paul is very personable and will go out of his way to assist his clients.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

    • Paul's knowledge has been invaluable. Things are simpler due to his high-quality support.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

    • Paul is very personable and will go out of his way to assist if his advice is sought.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK
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  • Kiran Khetia
    Kiran Khetia

    Kiran Khetia

    Kiran Khetia advises on the share plan aspects of corporate transactions and corporate governance issues. She is proficient in assisting clients with executive remuneration.

    • Kiran is a very strong lawyer.

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  • Christopher White
    Christopher White

    Christopher White

    Christopher White advises on the setting up and rolling out of new share schemes.

    • Chris is always accessible. He has provided super assistance.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

    • Chris provides very good and considered advice that can be relied upon. He is very conscientious in his delivery of work.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK
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  • Niall Crean
    Niall Crean

    Niall Crean

    Niall Crean assists listed and private companies with a range of remuneration matters. He advises on cash and share-based incentive arrangements.

    • Niall is a trusted resource who is calm under quickly fired questions. He is thorough in his approach and provides credible advice.

      Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondentUK

    • Niall remembers key inputs with ease and works in a collaborative manner. Nothing is too much trouble, whether checking client-created documents or updating materials directly.

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