Employee Incentives lawyer 4+ years’ PQE LONDON

Farrar Levin Legal Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A large law firm in Greater London is seeking an Employee Incentives lawyer with over 4 years of PQE. The role involves advising on share schemes and corporate transactions, while also supporting business development initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience in a law firm or accountancy practice, particularly in employee incentives law. The firm offers a hybrid working policy, allowing for a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' PQE experience in a law firm or accountancy practice.
• Experience in designing and implementing employee benefit plans.
• Familiarity with drafting tax-advantaged and non-tax-advantaged share schemes.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to the Head of Team and work closely with Partners.
• Advise on drafting and implementation of share schemes.
• Manage own workload with partner support on complex matters.

Skills

Employee Incentives law

Tax planning

Corporate governance

Regulatory compliance

Business development

Education

4+ years PQE in law

Job description

Overview

Large commercial law firm in the City seeks an Employee Incentives lawyer with 4 or more years’ PQE. The team acts for a wide range of clients from owner‑managed businesses to multinational companies and provides support to the firm’s corporate teams on transactional matters, including PE deals, mergers and acquisitions, flotations and business reconstructions. They specialise in advising on the design and implementation of remuneration structures and incentive plans, providing assistance in their operation, and advising and handling the impact of corporate transactions on the rights of participants. They also advise on all aspects of employee benefits, including the design, implementation and communication of senior executive and employee incentive plans, the establishment and operation of employee benefit trusts, executive tax planning (including those who are mobile internationally), as well as corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will report directly to the Head of Team and work closely with the Partners across the wider Corporate Tax Team. Your share schemes workload will involve a mix of transactional/corporate support work and advisory work, which will vary according to deal activity. The role will involve advising on the drafting and implementation of tax advantaged and non‑tax advantaged share schemes, such as growth shares, JSOP, EMI, CSOP and LTIP. You will be advising on both the corporate and tax aspects of the implementation of such schemes, as well as providing regulatory advice and drafting employee communications. The transactional work will include acting on public and private M&A deals. You will manage your own workload, with appropriate partner support depending on your level. You will also work closely with partners and senior lawyers on large and complex matters. Regardless of your level, you will play a role in helping the team develop and build relationships with new and existing clients through business development initiatives.

Qualifications

Candidate must have 4+ years’ PQE, experience in a similar role, in a law firm and/or accountancy practice. The firm operates a hybrid working policy.