Matthew Hunter > Tapestry Compliance > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Tapestry Compliance
The Stanley Building
7 Pancras Square
LONDON
N1C 4AG
England

Work Department

Employee Share Schemes and Incentives

Position

Matthew is a Managing Associate with broad experience in advising clients on all aspects of global incentive arrangements, with a particular focus on leading on our clients in the financial services sector. He advises a number of the world’s leading global banks, insurers and asset managers in relation to the structure of their incentive plans and their compliance with EU and global remuneration regulations, including Schroders, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J O Hambro and Rothschild & Co. Matthew also advises multinational companies on their executive and all-employee incentive arrangements including new client Comcast, Experian and Weber.

Matthew regularly presents at industry events in Europe and the US. His work in the financial services sector sees him regularly leading industry discussions in this area. Matthew also holds the roles of SPL Corporate and Regulatory Committee Co-Secretary and employee trustee director of the Employee Ownership Trust for Tapestry.

Career

2014 – date:   Tapestry Compliance
2017 – Qualified, Tapestry Compliance

Memberships

Member of, and regular speaker for, many equity incentive industry bodies including The Global Equity Organisation (GEO), ProShare, The Share Plan Lawyers Group and NASPP.

Education

University of Law (Law, Business and Management MSc)

Sheffield Hallam University (Law LLB)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Employee share schemes

(Rising stars)

Matthew HunterTapestry Compliance

Described by clients as a team that ‘lives and breathes share plans’, Tapestry Compliance assists a ream of blue chip clients, including Volvo, Unilever and Trip Advisor with ‘everything from day-to-day operational queries right through to complex transactional queries’. The team is co-led Hannah Needle, who is an authority on the design and implementation of new employee share plans, and Chris Fallon, whose expertise extends to employee benefit trusts. Bob Grayson is well placed to advise on matters concerning the Japanese market. Suzannah Crookes has recently leveraged her broad knowledge of share plans to assist with lobbying the government on the use of tax-advantaged plans in the context of the cost of living crisis. Lorna Parkin, Sally Blanchflower and Matthew Hunter are further names to note.