Incentives Associate/Senior Associate

Osborne Clarke

  • Barbican, City of London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
Role profileWe are looking for an Associate or Senior Associate to join our national Incentives team. This role can be based in either London or Bristol.Osborne Clarke has steadily built out and deepened its Incentives team and operates a rounded practice representing leading UK and global private and listed companies in all of their needs in this area, whether executive-level incentives or company-wide employee schemes. Our team is dedicated to the area, as well as being able to call on wider support from tax, employment and corporate colleagues with extensive experience. We are a leading two partner practice providing a wide range of work and experience.You will be joining a successful practice with a very strong collegiate and supportive culture, which makes it a rewarding place to work.The practiceThe team advises on all aspects of employee incentive plans, including the design, implementation and communication of senior executive and employee incentive plans, the establishment and operation of employee benefit trusts (to support share plans and as wealth creation vehicles), executive tax planning (including those who are mobile internationally), as well as corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters.You will experience a wide range of experience, ranging across predominantly fast growing owner-managed companies and venture capital and private equity backed companies. We also advise a number of main market and AIM listed companies on their equity incentives.Most of our work is stand alone advisory work but a significant aspect of the work is transactional based and all the team gets involved in both aspects.The team assists major national and international clients in implementing a substantial number of cross-border schemes for executives and other employees. It also regularly handles the incentives aspects of IPOs, M&A and group restructurings. They have also advised on the establishment of a significant number of Employee Ownership Trusts..We have an impressive and growing client base across many industry sectors. These include public listed companies such as Mitie Group plc, Topps Tiles plc Crest Nicholson Holdings plc and Fevertree Group plc.The teamMichael Carter leads the team, with Anika Chandra, the chair of the Share Plan Lawyers Group, as the other partner..The team is made up of 1 Associate Director, 1 Senior Associate, a dedicated Knowledge Lawyer, 2 Associates and a Trainee Solicitor."Our experience working with the team has been fantastic. We appreciate the professionalism and expertise demonstrated throughout the process" and "Approachable, on-hand, personable and incredibly knowledgeable" (Legal 500)The Incentives team forms part of the wider tax group and benefits from an excellent training programme. A strong commitment to individuals' career development and weekly know-how meetings ensures our Lawyers are technically excellent and enjoy a healthy team-working environment.The workRecent work examples include:
  • Advised BioNTech as regards the complex employee incentive arrangements for over two hundred employees s in the UK, US, France, Tunisia, Nigeria, South Africa and the UAE.
  • Advising Mitie Group plc, the UK outsourcing and facilities management group with over 77,500 employees, on the completion of its £200 million rights issue, with over 93% of shareholders taking up their share with the remainder sold to the market.
  • Supported Jellyfish Digital Group Limited in connection with the sale of its entire share capital to The Brandtech Group LLC.
  • Advising Power Electrics (Holdings) Limited in its sale to an employee ownership trust. Power Electrics is a leading UK generator hire provider delivering reliable power solutions across sectors, from construction to facilities management and utilities.
  • Assisted Farview Equity Partners as part of its investment into Grantify Limited.
  • We advised Focus and its shareholders on all aspects of its secondary private equity process. This deal was market-changing and made Focus Group the latest addition to the ranks of Britain's private company unicorns, with a new $1 billion valuation.
  • Advised Fusebox Games Limited in connection with its sale to Nazara Technologies, an Indian publicly listed gaming and sport media company. The acquisition will allow Nazara and Fusebox to join forces as Nazara builds an IP based global gaming business.
  • We have assisted Crest Nicholson Holdings plc, a UK based residential house builder and FTSE 250 listed company, with the implementation of their Share Incentive Plan (to include free, partnership, matching and dividend shares). This workstream is key to helping Crest Nicholson offer a tax-advantaged share incentive arrangement to their employees.
Technical skills and experienceYou will have trained with a respected law firm with expertise in this area, or an accountancy firm. In particular you should have had some exposure to HM Revenue & Customs approved schemes and unapproved arrangements, such as growth shares. You will be a team player, enthusiastic, proactive and a self-starter. We are open to considering candidates who have had some exposure in a corporate, tax or employment role.Due to the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint either an Associate or Senior Associate in this area,.Your career developmentLike all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:
  • Clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress
  • High quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure
  • Thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues
  • Robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you
  • Reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure
Our recruitment processWe welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on angharad.jenkins@osborneclarke.comPlease note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.About UsOsborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of support this.*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm

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