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David Reuben

David Reuben

UK 2026

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About

Provided by Postlethwaite Solicitors Limited

Practice Areas

David is a Director at Postlethwaite Solicitors. His areas of expertise include all aspects of employee share ownership and includes;

- arrangement of ownership succession via employee trusts, and tax-advantaged

employee ownership trusts (EOTs),

- advising on and structuring employee ownership trusts to create employee-owned

companies

- establishing all forms of employee share arrangements, such as EMIs, CSOP, growth

shares, joint ownership arrangements and phantom plans

- acting for individual participants in share plans, for example on termination of

employment

- advising foreign companies on rolling out share plans into the UK, and on mobile

employee issues

- advising companies on the incentives aspects of domestic and international M&A

arrangements

- assessing share plan compatibility and assisting with due diligence for any proposed

merger, acquisition or company reorganisation.

Career

Employee benefits partner at DLA Piper for seven years, before moving to Postlethwaite Solicitors in February 2010.

LLB in Law with German Law, King’s College, London. Qualified 1993

Professional Memberships

David is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group

Personal

"He is a really fantastic lawyer. He knows everything there is to know about employee share benefits,"

"David has a really good approach to matters and he gets the balance right between being very approachable and highly technical."

Chambers & Partners Research 2025

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee Ownership - UK-wide

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial
David Reuben is relied upon by a range of companies to advise on the design and implementation of ownership succession plans. He is widely considered an expert in employee ownership trusts.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • David is a highly trusted adviser who will get the job done well at the right price.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee OwnershipChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • David was very inclusive, knowledgeable and professional in his engagement with us.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee OwnershipChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • David is a sincere pleasure to work with, accommodating us even while out of the office. We can always count on David to provide commercially reasonable counsel, with humour when needed.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee OwnershipChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • David is a rounded professional adviser with the ability to work together with the client.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee OwnershipChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • David was consistently reassuring throughout the EOT process, simplifying the legislation for us and providing clear, matter of fact answers laced with a practical interpretation of the law.

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee OwnershipChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Ranked Individuals at Postlethwaite Solicitors Limited (3)

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    David Reuben

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee Ownership

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    Judith Harris

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    Robert Postlethwaite

    Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee Ownership

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