Osborne Clarke's incentives team specialises in providing a complete range of advisory services to corporate clients, dealing with senior directors, managers, consultants and trustees, as well as advising remuneration committees of listed companies. The team specialises in all aspects of employee benefits, including the design, implementation and communication of senior executive and employee incentive plans, the establishment and operation of employee benefit trusts, advice in relation to tax withholding, social security, accounting, transfer pricing as well as corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters.

The team also has a wealth of experience in advising clients on the impact of mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and public offerings on their incentive arrangements.

According to Chambers & Partners 2005 we are “one of the region's leading advisers on employee incentives… with particular experience in remuneration matters and corporate governance issues for listed companies”.

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• advising on the design, implementation and launch of an all employee Share Incentive Plan and establishing a senior executive incentive arrangement for Marlborough Stirling Plc
• advising Majestic Wine in relation to its current executive equity compensation, including introducing a deferred bonus arrangement
• advising ClearSpeed Technology Plc in relation to the impact of admission on its incentive arrangements. Introducing a global equity plan to deliver US and UK tax approved share options

Karen Cooper
t +44 (0)117 917 3628
karen.cooper@osborneclarke.com