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Share options & schemes

Share schemes are a popular way for businesses to incentivise senior managers and employees, whist also taking advantage of the tax efficiencies available. Our lawyers have extensive experience of advising on a wide range of employee incentive share schemes.

We work with clients to consider not only the tax implications of entering into a particular share scheme, but we also work hard to ensure that the right type of arrangement is used for the particular business.

The size and strength of our team means we can call on our expert tax & employment lawyers to advise on all elements of share schemes.
We have specific expertise in:

  • Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI)
  • Unapproved share options
  • LTIP arrangements
  • Cross options
  • Growth / Flowering / Freezer shares.

Thomson Snell & Passmore had strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with stakeholders with different needs. They worked with agility and creativity to find the best outcomes. – Chambers UK 2026

Our approach

Our award winning team of experienced corporate and M&A lawyers, based in Kent and acting for clients nationally, provides highly commercial advice to help ambitious, mid-market businesses develop and grow. Our clients appreciate our outstanding service, speed of response, availability of lawyers and clear advice. We work with a wide range of clients, from directors of large companies, AIM or listed companies, through to family and owner managed businesses and entrepreneurs. We have particular expertise in the corporate mid-market space across London, the South East and nationally.

We place an emphasis on understanding your commercial strategy to help us form part of your team of professional advisers. Our legal advice is not provided in isolation, and our focus is always on achieving your overall commercial objectives.

Our size and range of experience and expertise means we have the bench strength to bring in specialist lawyers at all levels to assist on relevant matters. We draw on support from the firm’s very strong Real EstateEmployment and Private Wealth teams to provide clients with a comprehensive service. In addition, we can advise on competition, pensions, corporate tax and commercial/IP/IT/data matters.

We regularly advise on highly complex and cross border transactions, for both domestic and international clients. We consistently receive glowing feedback from both our clients and industry peers.

Whether you instruct us to help you sell your business, acquire a company, restructure your share capital, raise finance or advise on the most appropriate vehicle structure for your business, our corporate and M&A lawyers will drive every transaction with energy, determination, intelligence and resourcefulness to ensure you achieve the best outcome.

The team are highly skilled lawyers, operating effectively and efficiently. They are able to communicate complex scenarios and technical points to their clients in an understandable manner and ensure the client has a full understanding of the transaction. They are exceptionally responsive and work collaboratively with the clients other advisors to achieve shared objectives.

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