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As one of the leading global law firms, we undertake the most significant and challenging assignments for the world's leading corporates, financial institutions and governments, helping them to achieve their objectives by solving their most complex and important legal issues. For our global Employment & Incentives practice this includes senior hires and terminations, regulatory and internal investigations, employment litigation, management incentives, executive pay and remuneration regulation advice.

We are the market leader on advising global financial institutions on remuneration regulation and the associated employment law issues. We advise over 2/3 of the top 20 global banks, 1/2 the top 20 global asset managers and over 1/3 of the FTSE 30. Since the advent of the remuneration regulatory regimes, our team has steered numerous global firms through dramatic change in remuneration in the financial services sector and has worked with regulators to clarify and influence the practical application of the rules. We ensure our clients are one step ahead of the changes. We provide practical and strategic advice, combining our technical expertise regarding global remuneration rules with our in-depth knowledge of market practice. We are very well networked in relation to remuneration developments. We have regular dialogue with our contacts at regulators, tax authorities and industry bodies including the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Association of Financial Markets in Europe and The Investment Association and we are regular commentators and speakers on these issues.

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Clifford Chance LLP is one of the world's pre-eminent law firms, with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. As a single, fully integrated, global partnership, we pride ourselves on our approachable, collegial and team-based way of working. The Clifford Chance Incentives team is a market leading adviser on remuneration and incentives and is ranked ‘Tier 1’ in legal directories both in the UK and globally.  Our Incentives practice has a strong, international client base, including FTSE quoted companies and banks, US, European and Asian multinationals, tech companies, private equity houses and their investee companies. The team advises on all legal, regulatory and tax aspects of remuneration arrangements, incentives and share and cash plans. The UK dedicated Incentives practice works closely with an established international network of 100+ lawyers in 25 countries, including dedicated Incentives teams in New York and Paris.  According to Legal 500 UK (2021) "two things make this practice unique. First, the team has recruited personnel from in-house positions in large financial services institutions. Having people of this calibre and experience really gives the practice extra commercial flair and focus. Second, precisely because of the financial services angle, I would say that CC are the pre-eminent practice in the financial remuneration regulatory space.”

Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. 

Our UK Reward Practice was established in 1995, and currently comprises 21 Partners and Directors and over 50 professional staff.  Deloitte also has a strong presence across Europe, in the US and elsewhere and we work closely with colleagues in our wider Deloitte global network. 

We have a broad, varied client base, advising around one-third of the FTSE 350, many large global companies and a significant number of Financial Services firms across all sectors, both listed and private.  Our team consists of a number of Financial Services specialists, who have in-depth knowledge and insight into this challenging and evolving environment.  We are recognised for providing independent, expert advice, as well as commercial and pragmatic implementation support. 

We have established investor and regulatory relationships, developed and strengthened over a number of years.  We pro-actively meet with key shareholders, regulators and the leading proxy voting agencies on a regular basis, and the exposure that we get through our client base ensures that our knowledge and experience is continually refreshed as investor and regulatory views develop. 

EWM Global is the FinTech you need to know. For 20 years, we’ve been leading the innovation and digital transformation of incentive and performance compensation for private capital firms, asset managers, banks and insurers across the world.

We empower our clients – which include some of the largest global financial services firms – to recruit, motivate, reward and retain their most valuable employees by providing them an unparalleled level of access, connection and transparency to their incentives and rewards.

At the same time, EWM Global’s technology and account management teams mitigate the numerous risks associated with the all-too-common one-or-two person, spreadsheet-based approach to managing these highly sensitive and critical plans, and offer our clients meaningful and auditable representations of their own data.

All of this is achieved inside a highly secure yet intuitive environment that is available 24/7 on any device to participants and administrators, and that is constantly evolving to stay ahead of the unique needs of our global clientele.

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Tapestry is a multi-award winning law firm specialising in global incentives and HR matters with a focus on the Financial Services sector.

Tapestry has the largest incentives team of any law firm in the UK and provides services to many of the world’s  leading financial services firms and over 30% of the FTSE 100.  Our aim is to provide practical, commercial and cost-effective advice. We have a network of over 100 law firms with local expertise to provide insightful solutions to our clients.We:

Provide legal and tax advice and project management on any global HR matter, including global incentives, remuneration regulations and employment, draft plan rules, employment contracts and policies.
Deal with global legal and tax compliance cost-effectively, including the remuneration regulations affecting financial services firms.

Provide easy and cost–effective access to legal and tax information through a state-of-the-art database to identify local securities laws, tax, employment laws on issues like malus/clawback and much more, with secure e-storage for team access to key documents and e-training modules.

Provide training tailor-made for client’s specific needs and also the UK’s only professional qualification, the ICSA Certificate in Employee Share Plans.