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Employment Incentives

Our experience includes advising:

  • NYSE-listed King Digital Entertainment on the treatment of its employee share options, across multiple jurisdictions, in its $5.9bn takeover by Nasdaq-listed Activision Blizzard.
  • IAG on the employee share scheme and employment issues arising in its acquisition of Aer Lingus
  • AA plc on the employee share scheme and employment issues arising in its sale of AA Ireland to Carlyle Cardinal
  • BriteBill Limited on the employee share scheme and employment issues arising on its acquisition by Amdocs
  • a number of emerging growth technology companies on the design and implementation of employee share plans

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