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 In addition to specialist share plan lawyers, the Equity Incentives team has lawyers in all legal areas which overlap with advice on employee share incentives.
Graeme became a partner at Fieldfisher in 1988. Graeme is recognised as a leading expert on employee share plans. The 2002/2003 edition of Chambers describes him as a "soft-talking heavyweight" with an "awesome knowledge of the tax aspects of employee share schemes". Graeme has been involved in developing share ownership legislation both in the UK and overseas. He was appointed by HM Treasury as a member of the Employee Ownership Advisory Group, which worked with the Inland Revenue to develop the Share Incentive Plan and Enterprise Management Incentives. In 2002, he was instrumental in the development and drafting of the Employee Share Schemes Act, the only piece of legislation ever created in the UK devoted entirely to employee share ownership . Graeme has also advised countries throughout Europe on new employee share ownership legislation, including Macedonia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. E-mail: graeme.nuttall@equityincentives.co.uk
Senior Associate, Share Plans Mark Gearing is a senior associate in the equity incentives team. He advises on the design, implementation and operation of employee share plans including all forms of tax efficient HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) approved share plan. Mark advises on the associated tax implications of operating share plans for both the employer and employee, and negotiates share valuations with HMRC for share plan purposes. As well as advisory work, Mark provides incentives advice in relation to corporate transactions, including the taxation of founders' equity for start ups, venture capital fundraisings, IPOs and M&A/private equity. Mark's expertise also covers the tax implications of issuing restricted securities to employees and directors. As well as corporate related work, Mark advises senior executives and, increasingly, investment bankers and hedge fund managers on their equity based remuneration in both entry and exit situations. Mark is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group and gives regular seminars on employee share plans to other lawyers, accountants and in-house counsel nationwide through BPP Professional Development. He is the author of Tolley's CSR Company Service on Employee Share Plans. E-mail: mark.gearing@equityincentives.co.uk
Grant Hamilton is qualified as a solicitor and a chartered tax adviser. He has worked on a wide range of equity incentive plans for both private and quoted companies. Grant devises and implements solutions, particularly as regards tax problems, on share plans. E-mail: grant.hamilton@equityincentives.co.uk
Corporate
Andrew has been a partner since 1993. A corporate lawyer specialising in the technology, media and telecoms sector, his clients include telecoms operators, software companies and content providers. He has worked on Equity Incentives projects for a number of listed and unlisted companies, including Endemol Entertainment UK Limited, Gentia Software PLC and Avocet Mining PLC, and has also worked closely with Baxi Partnership Ltd. E-mail: andrew.blankfield@fieldfisher.com
Nicholas has been a partner at Fieldfisher since 1993. He deals with corporate finance and Mergers & Acquisitions with a particular interest in privatisation and PPP, and advises on the Financial Services and Markets Act and more generally on securities regulations. Nicholas was involved in pioneering work with the structuring of employee involvement in management and employee buyouts in the privatisation of a number of London bus companies. E-mail: nicholas.thompsell@fieldfisher.com
Andrew qualified as a solicitor in 1977 and has been a partner at Fieldfisher since 1995. His expertise lies in the field of banking and corporate finance, including acquisition finance. He has worked with Equity Incentives to provide assistance with employee loan arrangements for employee owned companies and provides advice on the Banking Act and other financial issues with regard to employee saving plans. E-mail: andrew.evans@fieldfisher.com
Employment Employment law issues frequently arise when giving employee share plans advice, and vice versa, and Equity Incentives has a close working relationship with the Fieldfisher employment department.
Margaret qualified as a solicitor in 1983 and joined Fieldfisher in 1998 as a partner. Heading up the firm's Employment Department, she has considerable experience of all aspects of the employment relationship, including drafting contracts of employment, advising and acting on dismissals, discrimination and equal pay claims, and large scale redundancy exercises. She also has extensive experience of advocacy in the Employment Tribunals and has acted in many reported cases. Margaret is a frequent speaker at lectures and seminars and writes for a variety of publications, including regular contributions to the employment section of the Charity Finance Directors Handbook. She is also Non-Executive Director at East Kent Hospital Trust (8,000 employees) and chairs its HR Committee. E-mail: margaret.davis@fieldfisher.com
Richard qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and became a partner at Fieldfisher in 2001. Richard has considerable experience of advocacy in employment tribunals and advises on all aspects of employment law from the boardroom to the basement, from hiring to firing and everything in between. E-mail: richard.kenyon@fieldfisher.com
Brands, Technology, Media and Telecommunications (BTMT)
Michael qualified as a solicitor in 1989, and has been a partner at Fieldfisher since 1996. He heads up the Technology Group, specialising in all forms of information technology and e-commerce. He provides assistance with regard to the technology aspects of implementing share plans, and is also an expert on data protection issues which arise in the field of employee share plans. E-mail: michael.chissick@fieldfisher.com |
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