Led by Charles Cameron, the ‘technically excellent’ team at Slaughter and May advises major public and private companies from a broad range of sectors on issues, such as directors’ renumeration policies, employee share-based incentive plans and the granting of share incentives to non-executive directors. The firm also frequently advises on the incentives aspects of major corporate transactions. Philip Linnard’s broad practice extends to the operation of malus and clawback provisions. Padraig Cronin has in-depth knowledge of executive plans. ‘Share plans guru’, Ian Brown is equipped to assist with the design and implementation of discretionary and all-employee incentive arrangements, while the ’outstanding’ Philippa O’Malley handles a broad range of contentious, advisory and transactional incentives matters. Rosemary Nelson and Richard Surtees are further names to note.

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Testimonials

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‘Great commercial awareness, always able to present advice on highly complex issues in a clear and persuasive manner.’
‘Philippa O'Malley - first class lawyer. Very client focused, good commercial and practical solutions to complex problems.’
‘Availability, excellent interpersonal and listening skills and good balance of the technical, commercial and pragmatic.’
‘Calm and collected; expert and pragmatic. Professional without taking themselves too seriously. Courageous when advising tough clients and up against tough demands.’
‘Highly knowledgeable, super responsive. And the friendliest, most approachable people.’
‘Phillipa O'Malley is simply outstanding - so knowledgeable, pragmatic and responsive and helpful an absolute star.’
‘The team remains, in my view, the best in the business - they are simply brilliant.’
‘Ian Brown continues to be the "share plans guru" and his experience and skillset is only matched by his likeability, utter professionalism and dedication to the area.'

Key clients

Cineworld Group plc
GSK plc
Ocado plc
Intermediate Capital Group plc
M&G plc
Micro Focus International plc
Prudential plc
Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc
Vodafone plc
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Work highlights

Advising GSK on its demerger of its consumer healthcare business to form a separate FTSE 100 company, Haleon.
Acting for Prudential on the implementation of a suite of employee and agent share plans complying with UK regulatory requirements and the new Hong Kong Listing Rules.
Acting for Hikma on the renewal of its executive incentive arrangements and directors’ remuneration policy to reflect the company’s operations in multiple jurisdictions.