How We Can Help

Postlethwaite works mainly with private and smaller quoted companies. We know that your company faces its own challenges, and rather than taking an off the shelf solution, will need a share plan carefully designed to help it meet them. Our focus is on helping you find the right plan design for your company, and getting your chosen plan ready to use.

First of all we want you to tell us about your business and how you think a share plan might help. Whatever stage you have reached in your thinking, we can suggest to you how to move forward.

If you like our recommendations, we can then take care of all the other key steps in bringing your plan to life.

We take pride in giving all our advice and guidance clearly, concisely and accessibly. We won't ignore the commercial impact, and will look after any legal and taxation questions practically, thoroughly and proportionately.

As a very first step, we'll be pleased to talk to you - informally and without commitment - to discuss your needs in outline. We may also e-mail you some more information about the main choices available to you.

Private Equity

We have extensive experience of creating share plans for companies with private equity investment, compatible with the particular needs of investors.

For a three minute guide to share plans in private equity companies, please click here.

Are you an advisor?

We will be pleased to work with you to help you deliver high quality share plan solutions for your own clients. As a firm specialising only in share-based incentives, we have no wider agenda.

If you are an accountant or tax adviser, you may be looking for help in drafting plan documents or trust deeds, or be seeking advice and a helping hand on legal issues concerning share plans.

If you are a lawyer, you may need specialist expertise in share plans as part of your advice on a company purchase or sale, or you may be looking for help advising a client wishing to implement a new share plan.

Remuneration advice

"How much should we be paying our directors and key people, and how?"

We can help you make sure that you are providing your talented staff with effective, fair and competitive remuneration.

International

If you have employees overseas whom you wish to participate in your share plan, we can arrange for local advice to cover legal, taxation and other issues in countries affected.

If your company is overseas-controlled, we can advise on how your employees can acquire shares in your overseas parent, commissioning local advice where necessary.