Equity Incentives is the brand name of the Equity Incentives team at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP ("FFW").  The FFW Equity Incentives team provides a full share plan service to private and quoted companies both in the UK and overseas. We are dedicated to the concept of employee ownership and participation. Our clients include John Lewis Partnership, the largest and most successful employee owned UK business, together with a variety of other UK organisations with a commitment to wider and long-term employee share ownership. We are also expert in the design and implementation of performance-linked share and option plans for executives.

FFW has full-service offices in Brussels, Hamburg and London and an exclusive relationship with Spanish firm Jiménez de Parga and Italian firm La Scala & Associati. We also have affiliations with firms in France, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and elsewhere. This enables us to provide efficient and effective advice in other European jurisdictions and beyond.

We can advise on the best type of share plan for your purposes and are experts on the legal, tax and all other aspects of creating and operating that plan. We strive for tax efficient solutions that fit with your commercial objectives. We can also co-ordinate legal and tax advice on wider issues.

We are legal adviser to the Employee Ownership Association, the voice of co-owned business in the UK. Find out more about the Employee Ownership Association at www.employeeownership.co.uk.

Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (registered number OC318472) and is regulated by the Law Society.  A list of its members and their professional qualifications is available at its registered office, 35 Vine Street, London EC3N 2AA.