Specialists in
employee share schemes.

We are an independent firm of UK solicitors focusing principally on employee ownership, employee share schemes and employee-led mutuals (ELMs). 

There are many forms of employee share ownership.  You may want to incentivise your employees by creating a share option plan for a few key people or by offering all your employees the opportunity to own shares.   You may be thinking of ownership succession through a sale to your employees.  Perhaps you are involved in transforming a public sector service into an employee-led public service mutual.  As experienced employee ownership lawyers we are here to help you find the right model of employee share ownership for your company’s particular needs and we will ensure you are in capable hands when it comes to legal implementation. 

Our team has substantial experience of delivering employee share ownership and incentive schemes for private and listed companies as specialist employee ownership advisers.  We have advised private and public sector bodies on the transition to 100% or majority employee ownership.  We have worked with clients to create employee trusts, ESOPs and employee share schemes including EMI options; company share option plans (CSOPs); non-approved options and long term incentive plans (LTIPs); SAYE option schemes; share incentive plans (SIPS); and UK stock option plans for US companies.  We also advise on the share scheme taxation and legal issues which arise in a variety of corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and flotations. 

We are ranked as ‘Leaders in their Field’ in Chambers 2012.