Band 4
Provided by Chris Fallon
Chris is a Legal Director (Partner equivalent) and is Tapestry’s “UK Counsel”, both internally and externally. Chris has over 20 years of experience working with top-ranked legal and incentives teams delivering UK and global plan design and implementation.
Chris is widely-recognised for his substantial expertise in incentive matters for all business types. He can draw upon a deep range of experience when providing practical and proactive, solution-driven advice on discretionary executive plans, corporate governance and remuneration disclosures, as well as advising on broader employment related tax issues. He also has significant expertise in dealing with Employee Benefit Trusts and private equity-owned businesses.
Chris’s clients include London Stock Exchange Group, CMC Markets, Entain and Sage, as well as Vertical Aerospace and Spirax Sarco.
Chris regularly presents at many industry events including those run by industry body ProShare, sharing his expert knowledge with the market, and is a member of the ProShare Advisory Board. He has also assisted ProShare with successfully lobbying HMRC and the government on various industry issues, including discussions around how the UK Government’s recent tax changes will impact share plans affecting the wider workforce.
Chris has recently been invited by representatives of the Japanese Government to assist their awareness and understanding of the UK’s incentive framework and global practice to help improve the equivalent regulatory framework in Japan and increase the use and effectiveness of incentives in that country.
Chris’s role as Tapestry Board Director for the Employee Ownership Trust gives him invaluable practical experience of structuring employee-focussed solutions, from within.
Chris is severely sight impaired (blind) and is a member of The Society of Visually Impaired Lawyers.
Member of, and regular speaker for, many equity incentive industry bodies including The Global Equity Organisation (GEO), ProShare, The Share Plan Lawyers Group and NASPP
2015 - date: Tapestry Compliance
2008 - 2015: Travers Smith LLP
2007 - 2008: Charles Russell LLP
2004 - 2007: Smith & Williamson
1999 - 2004: Ernst & Young 2003 - Qualified, Ernst & Young
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Chris and his team are constantly able to display a high level of knowledge and service.
Chris is an excellent lawyer with a pragmatic and commercial way of looking at issues.
I have complete faith in the information and advice Chris provides.
Chris and his team are constantly able to display a high level of knowledge and service.
Chris is an excellent lawyer with a pragmatic and commercial way of looking at issues.
I have complete faith in the information and advice Chris provides.