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Richard Sharman

+44 20 7919 0721 richardsharman@eversheds.com

Work Department

Richard is a senior associate in our employee incentives team. He advises on all aspects of share/cash based employee incentives.

He advises on the implementation of LTIPs, EMI schemes, SAYE schemes, Share Incentive Plans, Company Share Option Plans, restricted stock awards, cash bonus plans and numerous bespoke arrangements designed to achieve tax efficiency.

His recent experience includes advising on the share scheme aspects of the takeovers of New Look, Daisy Group plc, Waterlogic plc, Accumuli plc, Synarbor plc, API Group plc. He also advised on share incentives in connection with the admission of Eurocell plc to the Main List and Diurnal plc to trading on AIM.

Richard regularly advises listed companies, AIM companies, private companies, private equity houses and trust companies on issues relating to employee incentives generally, in takeover/MBO situations and on IPO.

Richard also advises global corporations on extending their incentive plans into the UK and beyond.

He is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group and trained and qualified as an accountant (ACA).

Position

Senior Associate