Employee tax, shares and incentives

Our employment law and tax specialists advise employers and employees on workforce related tax issues including employee benefits, termination of employment and share based compensation schemes and plans, helping to navigate the complex laws related to managing a workforce and incentivising employees.  

Our team has extensive experience advising on the employment tax issues involved during M&A and investment transactions. This includes the tax issues related to attracting, retaining and incentivising senior executives and management teams such as setting up enterprise management incentives, share incentive plans and employee related securities and bespoke tax efficient arrangements. We can conduct due diligence on employee share option schemes and employee related securities in M&A transactions and have advised on the set up of employee benefit trusts.

Businesses also regularly instruct us to advise on the range of tax issues that will arise during the employment lifecycle, including:

Employee related taxes are numerous, can vary depending on the size of your business and are critical to get right – we make sure you are up to date, compliant and structured to maximise the benefits for employees.