Rodger Cairns

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Overview Key People Clients

Our team of lawyers work exclusively on client share plans. The expertise we offer covers every stage in the life of the plan, from design and implementation to administration and evolution. 

In recent research by the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession, our clients, which range from owner-managed businesses to FTSE 100 companies, praised ‘our ability to handle the most technically challenging and sophisticated matters.’ The services we offer include advising on all aspects of: employee share incentivisation; tax treatments of employee share acquisitions; corporate tax; accounting and transfer pricing issues; share scheme aspects of major corporate transactions; executive compensation services; and client consultation with institutional investors on remuneration issues.

 

The following is a selection of our clients:

  • Alliance Trust
  • Axis Shield
  • Bowleven
  • Cairn Energy
  • F & C Asset Management
  • IndigoVision Group
  • John Swan & Sons
  • Prostrakan Group
  • Ricardo
  • Robert Wiseman Dairies
  • Stagecoach Group

10.05.2013New statutory requirements for directors’ remuneration reports: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA) received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013 and contain amendments to the Companies Act 2006 relating to quoted companies' disclosure of directors' remuneration and shareholder approva…

03.05.2013Employee-shareholders: The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013

The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 was passed on 25 April 2013 and introduces a new type of employee ownership arrangement, under which employees can give up some of their employment rights in exchange for shares in their employ…

22.04.2013Local Authority Pension Fund Forum guidelines on executive pay

The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) represents pension funds with over £115 billion in assets. LAPFF has recently published guidelines on its expectations for executive pay. These guidelines are intended to identify pract…