Incentives
We have real insight and up-to-date knowledge of current market equity and reward trends.
Staying on top of frequent changes in legislation and market practice is a crucial part of any employer's business and fundamental to managing reputational risk, particularly for remuneration committees. Our global team of over 120 incentives experts, based across our network of more than 40 offices specialises in the key aspects of this area such as tax, company, securities and regulatory law, and monitors market practice developments.
We regularly advise on the operation of share plans in approximately 75 jurisdictions, ranging from Azerbaijan to Australia. Our global offices and our network of relationship firms enables us to offer our clients outstanding global coverage. We work seamlessly in collaboration with our employment, corporate and banking colleagues to ensure that our clients receive the highest quality advice. Experienced in share plan design, we regularly advise clients on the impact of corporate transactions on share plans. Our proactive analysis of market practice and data enables us to provide our clients with practical and commercial expert advice.
We are constantly seeking ways to be innovative and develop online tools to assist our clients to work as efficiently as possible. This includes our leading product Global Shareweb.
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Publications: 11 JUNE 2021
Back to the office post-pandemic: Top tips for employers
In this podcast, Victoria Woestmann (senior associate in the Luxembourg Corporate team) and two members of the Luxembourg Employment Law team, Laurie Lougsami (associate) and Maurice Macchi (counsel),…
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Publications: 01 JUNE 2021
Covid-19 coronavirus: Support Decree-bis: new employment-law measures in Italy
The Law Decree no. 73 of 25 May 2021 (the so-called "Support Decree-bis" or the "Decree"), concerning a series of measures related to the emergency situation linked to Covid-19 and aimed at supporting…
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Publications: 28 MAY 2021
Preparing the road ahead – exiting lockdown and beyond
Throughout the month of May 2021, members of A&O’s Employment team along with A&O Consulting and in conjunction with Gwenllian Williams, a psychologist from deWinton Williams hosted a series of…
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Publications: 13 OCTOBER 2020
Podcast: AGMs and Annual Reports: What you need to know this year
In this podcast our team of A&O experts cover the key issues company secretaries and their teams need to think about when preparing for their next AGM and Annual Report.
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There’s not been a question or issue presented to A&O by my team that has not been dealt with quickly and succinctly and with the appropriate level of background to ensure that I can act on the matter with the fullest of confidence.
Legal 500 UK 2021, Employee Share Schemes
The whole team strikes an excellent balance between pragmatically helping us achieve the outcomes we desire without us worrying that we are doing is incorrect and/or outside of best practice.
Legal 500 UK 2021, Employee Share Schemes
Knowledgeable, responsive and easy to work with.
Chambers UK 2021, Employee Share Schemes & Incentives
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