Real Estate
United Kingdom
20 August 2025
Simmons & Simmons‘ group is particularly experienced in handling remuneration regulatory work in the financial services sector. The practice also has capabilities in advising on the full remit of incentives-related issues, from supporting clients through the life cycle of schemes to offering guidance on the related impact of various transactions; the group also advises investment clients on compliance with the IFPR. The ’very proactive’ Tair Hussain helms the practice.
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Testimonials
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‘Tair Hussain is exceptional; very responsive and knows his subject matter inside out.’
‘Tair Hussain is excellent - very proactive and very capable of cutting through the detail and complexity and putting share schemes into plain English.’
‘Very cost-effective - the quality, responsiveness and focus of magic circle peers.'
'The difference with Tair Hussain is in his ability to make quite complex and multi-jurisdictional share scheme issues so straightforward to resolve.’
Key clients
- Octopus Capital
- Future plc
- Monzo Bank Limited
- Lendinvest plc
- Evercore Inc.
- Marshmallow
- Lumyna Investments
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Stone X Financial Limited
- DG Partners
Work highlights
Advised on the employee share scheme aspects of the merger of two London listed investment banks.
Advised Evercore on global remuneration regulatory compliance issues and the implementation of cash and equity incentives arrangements in multiple jurisdictions.
Advised a tech unicorn on the design, structure and implementation of tax advantaged and non-tax advantaged employee share schemes.
Practice head
Tair Hussain
Other key lawyers
Graeme Standen