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LONDON
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England
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Rasmus Berglund

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020 7849 2063 [email protected]

Work Department

Tax and Reward

Position

Ras is a partner in the remuneration practice. With more than 15 years’ experience, he specialises in all aspects of UK and international employee and executive incentive arrangements.

Ras’s practice includes the design, implementation and operation of a wide range of employee share plans and executive remuneration arrangements as well as the treatment and negotiation of incentives in the context of corporate transactions.

He advises on all share plan-related matters including individual and corporate tax and structuring, global regulatory compliance, trust and nominee arrangements, plan administration, data protection and employment issues. Ras has a particular focus on corporate governance and remuneration disclosure for listed companies and, having spent time on secondment with one the largest UK banks, also advises on UK and European remuneration regulation within the financial services sector.

Ras is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group and on the Steering Committee of the Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) Centre. He is also qualified as a US Certified Equity Professional (CEP).

Career

Qualified 2006; partner 2022

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London > Employment > Employee share schemes

(Leading partners)

Rasmus Berglund – Macfarlanes LLP

The ‘exceptional’ Robert Collard oversees the practice at Macfarlanes LLP, which is noted for its ‘superior technical efficiency’ and is well-equipped to support clients on the design, implementation and operation of share and management incentive plans, in both cross-jurisdictional and domestic contexts. The group is also experienced in advising on ESOs, and acts for a varied portfolio of clients ranges from start-ups to international large-scale listed companies. In addition to this work, the team advises on financial remuneration, including the EU and UK remuneration regulations, which is a particular area of expertise of the ‘truly receptive’ Rasmus Berglund. Mark Petch has expertise in advising bespoke private companies on the array of matters, and Philip Swinburn is described as ‘sharp and resilient’.

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