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Employee Incentives & Share Schemes

We’ll ensure your option agreements are legally enforceable with a view to protecting your rights and business.

We’ll ensure your option agreements are legally enforceable with a view to protecting your rights and business.

Employee Incentives (including share schemes) solicitors in London and Essex

Rewarding and incentivising key employees or managers can play a significant part in a company’s growth and success. Employee share incentives is an effective way to boost employee engagement and retention.

If you are thinking about granting share-based incentives to employees, it is important to obtain specialist advice as this is a complex area. 

We advise on a range of share-based incentives including employee management incentive (EMI) option schemes. An EMI scheme is an approved employee share scheme that is available to qualifying companies, allowing share options to be granted to certain employees in a tax-efficient way.

If a company does not qualify for an approved employee share scheme (such as EMI), there remains the possibility of granting share options that are not tax-advantaged. Such options do not have any specific legal requirements.

Although the tax implications of any share scheme are a key issue, we will prepare and advise you on the suite of legal documents and key practical points of which you should be aware, to obtain the necessary legal protections and to maximise the success of the scheme.

Our unique selling point is that we understand what clients want from their lawyers. We will manage your case proactively, with careful attention to detail while never losing sight of the bigger picture.

While working with us you will have access to our strong network of other professionals such as accountants, independent financial advisers and bankers.

We offer a range of pricing options and will be happy to discuss these with you. As a client-centred law firm, we will be transparent with you about our pricing and actively manage these in line with our agreements.

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    Case Study
    Birdi & Co supports with the implementation of an EMI scheme

    Our client wanted to motivate and reward their management team through an employee share scheme. They wanted to implement an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme that would provide their team with a valuable stake in the company and ultimately be able to share in the proceeds of any future sale of the company.

    We teamed up with the client’s accountants to bring this vision to life. We collaborated closely, combining our legal expertise with their financial and tax knowledge, to advise on the implementation of the scheme.

    We supported with all legal aspects of the scheme including the drafting of company articles of association, shareholders’ agreement EMI plan rules and option agreements. We also project-managed the scheme from start-to-finish to ensure that the scheme was completed in a fully compliant manner.

    Why use Birdi & Co for Employee Incentives & Share Schemes

    We approach every project with real passion. If you’re passionate, you care more and work harder. Simple.

    If you truly understand the feelings and goals of your clients, we believe you build stronger relationships, and offer better long-term solutions.

    We have a culture where we embrace independent thought. We encourage our people to think creatively and explore ways we can be doing things more effectively.

    With clients and within our team, a collaborative relationship delivers better results and a more transparent and reassuring experience.

    Why use Birdi & Co for Employee Incentives & Share Schemes

    Enthusiasm

    We approach every project with real passion. If you’re passionate, you care more and work harder. Simple.

    Empathy

    If you truly understand the feelings and goals of your clients, we believe you build stronger relationships, and offer better long-term solutions.

    Curiosity

    We have a culture where we embrace independent thought. We encourage our people to think creatively and explore ways we can be doing things more effectively.

    Collaboration

    With clients and within our team, a collaborative relationship delivers better results and a more transparent and reassuring experience.

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      We may send you updates about legal developments and thought leadership that might be of interest to you and/or information about our services, including exclusive offers, promotions or new services. You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time by contacting us at hello@birdilaw.com or using the ‘unsubscribe’ link in emails. You may also wish to review our privacy policy that provides further information about how we use personal data.