Challenges and requirements

Sign-on bonuses, compensation and benefits and other employee remuneration packages are now the norm for company directors and many key employees. Boards of directors and company management must consider whether such remuneration packages have the intended effect. It can be challenging to ensure that bonus schemes accommodate both the needs of directors and key employees and those of the company and its shareholders.

Moreover, the rules governing the remuneration of board members, directors and substantial risk takers in the financial sector are complicated and ambiguous.

How we can help

When determining the most appropriate form of remuneration, a number of issues need to be addressed, for example, employment, tax, corporate and commercial matters. We have specialist skills in each of these areas and can, accordingly, provide the effective and goal-oriented advice which is required. In particular, we have developed expertise as regards compensation and benefits packages for the management and key employees of companies which are bought or sold by private equity funds.