Tapestry Compliance
More informationDescribed by clients as a team that ‘lives and breathes share plans’, Tapestry Compliance assists a ream of blue chip clients, including Volvo, Unilever and Trip Advisor with ’everything from day-to-day operational queries right through to complex transactional queries’. The team is co-led Hannah Needle, who is an authority on the design and implementation of new employee share plans, and Chris Fallon, whose expertise extends to employee benefit trusts. Bob Grayson is well placed to advise on matters concerning the Japanese market. Suzannah Crookes has recently leveraged her broad knowledge of share plans to assist with lobbying the government on the use of tax-advantaged plans in the context of the cost of living crisis. Lorna Parkin, Sally Blanchflower and Matthew Hunter are further names to note.
Testimonials
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‘The Tapestry team is well organised and each member has professional knowledge and skills in dealing with long-term incentive matters.’
‘The team at Tapestry provide pragmatic, commercial advice in a timely. They are also great fun to work with!’
‘Chris Fallon is technically excellent but has the ability to distill that knowledge into layman's terms and provide pragmatic solutions.’
‘The entire team is just so competent. They really know their stuff.'
‘Hannah Needle provides pragmatic and to the point advice. She is very good at highlighting where we might be getting too stuck in the weeds in our planning.'
‘The team as a whole is knowledgeable and pragmatic.'
‘The team has excellent specialist knowledge of employee share plans and has strong connections with local counsel globally.’
‘Sally Blanchflower is our key contact at Tapestry and has provided excellent service over the years.'
Key clients
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Dell
- Aviva
- Trip Advisor
- HSBC
- Sony
- Tesco
- Unilever
- Rolls-Royce
- Dr. Martens
Work highlights
- Advise Unilever on its discretionary and all-employee awards, as well as a number of their corporate spin-offs and the impact on incentive awards.
- Advising Volvo in relation to new executive and all-employee share plans and their global implementation.
- Advising Morgan Stanley on their global executive incentive arrangements and assisting with the roll-out of a new all-employee plan across 33 jurisdictions.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Hannah Needle, Chris Fallon