Tech Deal Series - Employee equity/incentive schemes

Guidance on structuring an employee equity or incentive scheme, covering legal and tax issues.

What's it all about?

This session will explore the available structures and key terms of employee equity and incentive schemes.  We will share our insights from our experience working with a wide range of companies and investors to create fit for purpose schemes. 

This session will include:

  • An overview of the features, pros and cons of the following scheme structures:
    •   Share schemes
    •   Option schemes
    •   Shadow schemes
  • Key terms of a scheme, including:
    •   Vesting and performance hurdles
    •   Share terms
    •   Good leaver/bad leaver provisions
    •   Realisation events
    •   Tax considerations
  • Regulatory and fundraising considerations.

 This session is aimed at founders and investors who want to understand this key tool for ensuring employees are aligned with shareholders.

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Wednesday 29 Jul
12:30pm - 1:30pm

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Speakers

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Amy Cunniffe

Senior Associate

Amy advises on a range of corporate and commercial matters and has experience acting in mergers and acquisitions and the start-up and tech sector.

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Tony Wilkinson

Partner

Tony is the lead tax advisor for Buddle Findlay’s most significant corporate clients and as such is heavily involved in corporate restructurings and acquisitions, tax disputes, inbound and outbound investments and Customs and Excise duty matters.

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Steve Nightingale

Partner

Steve’s practice spans M&A, capital raising, employee equity and other corporate law matters. He is an active angel investor and a member of Angel HQ, New Zealand Private Capital Association and Institute of Directors. Steve has completed executive education in venture capital at University of California, Berkeley, and in M&A and corporate finance at Melbourne Business School. Steve is recommended as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000.

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