We equip start-ups with comprehensive documents to establish and operate effective employee share option plans. We also advise on and design bespoke employee compensation and incentive plans in the context of larger transactions such as acquisitions or restructurings. Our use of technology gives clients a competitive edge, including bots to collect information and a legal transaction management platform to organise signatures and share documentation.
WHAT
Compensation and benefits, remuneration package, key employee package, management package, director service agreement, bonus and end-of-year payment, long-term incentive scheme, employee share option plan, share awards, phantom or ghost share plan, put and call option agreement, employee benefit trust, grant of options and share vesting.
OF NOTE
It is prudent to set aside a pool of shares for allocation to employees as part of incentive schemes at the early stage of a company’s investment rounds. Employee share option plans can trigger taxation upon the grant of the options, the exercise of the option and vesting of the shares and the sale of the shares.
EXPERIENCE
EMPLOYEE SHARE OPTION PLAN & EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST
Assisting a client setting up an employee share option plan and an employee benefit trust holding the pool of option shares.
HYBRID SHARE & TOKEN OPTION PLAN
Advising a group in relation to the set up of an hybrid incentive plan for key executives combining share options and token options.
POST-TRANSACTION RETENTION PLAN
Advising a group in relation to the restructuring of the staff compensation and incentive plan following the acquisition of a holding company in Hong Kong with subsidiaries in the Asia-Pacific region.