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Ian Brown

Ian Brown

UK 2026

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About

Provided by Slaughter and May

Practice Areas

Incentives

Career

Ian is our senior counsel specialising in executive compensation, share incentives and employment tax work. He has over 15 years’ experience in advising listed and unlisted companies on the design, implementation and operation of their discretionary and all-employee incentive arrangements, including in the context of takeovers, demergers and other corporate activity. His work incorporates the roll-out of these cash and share-based plans across multiple jurisdictions ensuring their legal, tax and regulatory compliance.

Ian has a particular interest in listed companies’ directors’ remuneration reports, having advised a number of major listed companies on the drafting of their directors’ remuneration policies and ensuring that payments made to senior management are in line with those policies. Clients appreciate his robust and commercial advice in this sensitive and increasingly high-profile area.

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives - UK-wide

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial
Ian Brown supports a busy corporate practice by offering expert advice on share schemes. His practice often sees him handle matters for clients across a range of jurisdictions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Ian is the incentives guru. He has the whole package of technical expertise, depth of experience and a solutions-oriented approach.

    Employee Share Schemes & IncentivesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Ian has excellent technical knowledge and is very responsive.

    Employee Share Schemes & IncentivesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Ian is always responsive and gives us answers in a way we can understand.

    Employee Share Schemes & IncentivesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Ian is a fantastic lawyer. He is sharp and quickly grasps the issues presented.

    Employee Share Schemes & IncentivesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Ian combines deep legal expertise with a refreshingly collaborative and solution-oriented attitude.

    Employee Share Schemes & IncentivesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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London (Firms)

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