We advise private and publicly held companies on the design and implementation of employee share schemes.
Our areas of expertise include advising on:
- the design and implementation of share option plans, long term incentive plans and restricted stock plans
- and obtaining Revenue Commissioner approval for profit-sharing and savings related share option schemes
- the treatment of share options and share awards in takeovers, mergers and schemes of arrangement
- employee bonus programmes
- corporate and securities law issues relating to employee share options and awards
We work closely with William Fry Tax Advisors to optimise the tax treatment of employee incentives.
William Fry Tax Advisors is a member of the Taxand international network of advisors. We work with other network members to advise multinational companies on offering their share incentives in various jurisdictions.