Our employee incentives group advises on all aspects of employee share schemes and other types of share and cash-based incentives both within and outside the UK. We advise on the design and implementation of compensation and incentive arrangements, including current trends, corporate governance issues and remuneration committee support; tax-effective share allocations for participants and companies; regulatory and tax issues; and the financing of plans. We also advise on the incentive aspects of takeovers, demergers and other corporate actions.
The employee incentives team is part of Herbert Smith's wider Employment, Pensions and Incentives (EPI) group, and we work closely with our employment and pensions colleagues to provide clients with a co-ordinated service. We also work closely with colleagues in practice areas across our international network notably corporate and tax, and our Alliance colleagues Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe to provide our clients with advice that is fully rounded, commercial and constructive.
The Incentives department is made up of:
• 2 Partners
• 2 Associates
Key responsibilities
• Ability to manage matters with limited supervision required
Qualifications required
• 2-5 years' PQE, broad experience gained at a major city firm.
• Exceptional academics (2:1 degree or higher)
Technical experience
• Incentives experience essential, at least 80% of current role
• Employee share schemes and wider incentive arrangements
Firm competencies
Technical
• Legal ability - detailed grasp of complex legal concepts, excellent drafting skills, ability to see issues
from a commercial perspective and able to communicate complex legal advice to clients effectively
• Delivering excellent client service - excellent communications skills, driven to deliver to clients
promptly, sets themselves challenging goals and resilient in achieving them
Client
• Finding and winning - able to build relationships with clients, identifies opportunities and networks
effectively internally
• Practice/firm promotion - acts as an ambassador for the firm, writes technical articles for publication
• Developing and retaining - works to become a trusted advisor to the client, aware of client industry
dynamics, works closely with the Business Development Team
People
• Leadership and management - acts as role model to others, provides coaching to those more junior
than themselves
• Initiative and managing change - resilient in the face of multiple priorities, able to deliver difficult
messages, takes ownership for resolving problems pro-actively
• Teamwork and communication - seeks out the views of others, assured and succinct in
communication
• Impact and personal development - proactively requests feedback from others, able to deal with
constructive criticism and takes ownership for self-development
Firm
• Financial performance - familiar with key drivers of firm performance
• Risk management and professional ethics - takes responsibility for personal and professional ethics,
understanding of reputational risk and the regulatory framework, prepared to seek advice where
appropriate
• Knowledge management - shares knowledge with others proactively, consults with senior technical
experts where appropriate
• Firm contribution - high level of personal integrity, contributes to developing a diverse and innovative
culture, prepared to go the extra mile
