Nigel Watson
Burges Salmon LLP
Articles
Modernising employee share plans - potential new law?
United Kingdom - November 22 2022 On 8 November 2022, the Employee Share Ownership (Reform) Bill ("Bill") was introduced to the UK Parliament for its first reading. The intention of…
CSOP options: HMRC confirms changes to the share class requirement rules
United Kingdom - September 28 2022 When we blogged about the Chancellor's announcement in the mini-Budget 2022 that the CSOP restrictions would be relaxed, it wasn't immediately…
UK mini-Budget 2022 (Growth Plan) - CSOP options - changes afoot
United Kingdom - September 23 2022 In today's mini-Budget the UK chancellor announced that from April 2023, qualifying companies will be able to issue up to £60,000 of CSOP options to…
Paying for a cash bonus? The shadowy world of shadow equity.
United Kingdom - August 31 2022 Granting share options or awarding day-1 equity to employees and non-employees alike, is an established part of remunerating and incentivising staff…
Workers' windfall at KKR-owned company shows private equity shift
United Kingdom - June 13 2022 A useful piece in the FT about the power of sharing...profits. Link below. The FT editorial line seems to be that even those mercenary and hardnosed…
