Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP's offering encompasses national and international employee incentives advisory and transactional work for a range of clients, with a focus on the financial services, utilities, and asset management industries. Heading up the team, Danny Blum has been lauded by clients for his ‘exceptional knowledge and experience in the structuring and execution of schemes’. Blum is highly experienced in handling incentive plans, cash incentive structures, and employee trust issues for water companies, financial services firms, and healthcare businesses. Often working on cross-border deals, Victoria Green frequently assists with employee trusts, incentives, and transactional matters. Richard Surtees, who is skilled at advising on a range of tax and incentives issues, joined the practice from Slaughter and May in June 2024.
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‘Danny Blum is highly recommended in this area. Exceptional knowledge and experience in the structuring and execution of schemes of this type. Very practical and commercial.’
‘Very good knowledge of their specialism. Good draftsmen and responsive to client requests. They did a very good job for us on what was a relatively small but quite complicated incentive scheme.’
'Eversheds Sutherland is staffed by solicitors with deep technical expertise, complemented by practical experience and sound commercial awareness. They can leverage their international offices to provide comprehensive legal advice across jurisdictions.'
'I've worked with Danny Blum on various employee share remuneration and cross-border taxation issues. I'm confident in being able to provide a complex query and for him (and his team) to distill it down into the key issues, and provide a well-thought-out, practical solution. He is a very effective communicator with both tax and non-tax people.'
Key clients
- NTT Data
- MicroStrategy Inc.
- CSC Trustees
- Croda plc
- United Utilities plc
- Philip Morris International Inc.
- DuPont de Nemours
- Nestle
- Parker Hannifin Inc.
- Heathrow Airport
Work highlights
Advised NewRiver REIT plc on the share scheme aspects of its takeover of Capital & Regional plc by way of Scheme of Arrangement.
Advised The Manitowoc Company, Inc. on a complex international project to roll-out employee awards across ten jurisdictions, advising on legal and tax issues.
Advised GenesisCare on a complex bespoke employee incentive programme covering all design, legal, and tax issues, as well as preparing the legal documentation and employee communications required to implement and operate the incentive arrangement.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Danny Blum
Other key lawyers
Richard Surtees; Victoria Green