The employee share schemes and incentives team at Clifford Chance LLP is well-equipped to handle an array of remuneration and incentives work. The team specialises in high-profile, global transactions and advisory work for financial services clients and listed companies. Heading up the practice, Sonia Gilbert frequently leads matters involving pay arrangements, remuneration issues, and the implementation of global all-employee share plans. Gilbert has recently been engaged in deals and advisory work with global banks, asset managers, listed companies, and investment firms. Andrew Patterson is a key contact within the team, leading on employee share plan and remuneration matters with multi-jurisdictional elements. Other notable practitioners within the team include Becky Moore and Juliette Graham, who assist with international tax and incentives matters.
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Key clients
- Virgin Money
- Unilever
- Informa
- Recursion Pharmaceuticals
- Arcadis
- Siemens
- Syensqo
- Diageo
- Permira
- Alter Domus
- Wizz Air
- Allegro
- easyJet
- Aviva
Work highlights
Advised Virgin Money on its £2.9bn acquisition by Nationwide.
Advised Unilever on the incentives aspects of three separate disposals during 2024: the sale of its Elida Beauty business to Yellow Wood Partners, the sale of its stake in the Qinyuan Group to Yong Chao Venture Capital Co, and the sale of its Pureit business to A.O. Smith.
Advised a leading global alternative asset manager on the design, implementation, and operation of a management incentive plan reset for one of its portfolio companies, a bank based in Eastern Europe.
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Andrew Patterson
Practice head
Sonia Gilbert
Other key lawyers
Andrew Patterson; Becky Moore; Juliette Graham