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The Team
Employee Benefits Group
The team consists of one Partner, one Counsel and 2 Associates. The team, led by Jeremy Edwards, has significantly developed its client base in recent years and is a prominent UK team, a position that is reflected in the calibre of the group's UK client base. The team is also part of a wider international share plan team (Baker McKenzie's Global Equity Services), forming a leading global share plan team.
The interim role has been created so that the Employee Benefits Group has sufficient cover to cater for impending New Parent Leaves.
The Employee Benefits Group has been and is envisaged to continue to be busy over both the core areas described below and more specialist employee/ employer tax areas, including:
It is also envisaged that there could be considerable takeover/ deal activity within the next year, in which the Employee Benefits Group will be called upon to provide share plan support.
Core areas
The core practice of the Employee Benefits Group includes advising on the implementation of share plans for numerous UK, US and European multinationals and advising in connection with employment tax issues and tax planning for expatriate employees and their employers. The core practice continues to grow. Regular client instructions continue as before and we have seen an increase in initiatives relating to the launch of international share plans.
There is a continued focus on assisting companies understand and comply with their tax withholding and reporting obligations in relation to employee share plans. This is particularly the case with respect to internationally mobile employees, and we expect this to continue. Allied to this, we expect increased focus on global mobility issues, working alongside colleagues in our market-leading Employment team and our Immigration practice as a combined mobility offering.
The Employee Benefits Group also advises companies on takeovers, redomestications and IPOs- with the Employee Benefits Group supporting both the London corporate and corporate tax groups and providing support on overseas transactions led by other offices (and sometimes for stand alone clients).
The London practice puts considerable effort into getting to grips with new areas of law and considers it important to be at the cutting edge of developments. This emphasis is reflected in the internal and external training courses that it provides (see below). As well as mobility issues, another current area of focus is remuneration structures in increasingly regulated sectors, such as financial services.
The London practice is particularly known for its ability to service the needs of international companies launching share plans into both the UK and internationally.
International strength
The Employee Benefits Group is part of Baker McKenzie's leading international global share plan practice, the Global Equity Services Group.
The Global Equity Services Group has 8 dedicated partners in the USA alone and a dedicated partner in each of the other leading European and Asian jurisdictions (and many more partners who provide input into specialised employee share scheme areas, as needed). The global group also has a strong continental European practice, which the London practice is actively involved in. Our European and US practices work together closely and our global and European groups undertake many joint initiatives such as seminars and webinars.
Wide client base
The Employee Benefits Group deals with a wider range of clients than most London share plan teams as a result of the firm's international network. As a consequence, the London practice prides itself on its ability to provide detailed tax and legal advice which is both practical and delivered efficiently.
The Employee Benefits Group's client base includes many of the world's leading companies. The leading practitioners in the London practice will advise over 100 clients each in the course of a year. The list of clients named in the submission is only intended as a sample of our extensive client base.
The Role
The role will be complex and wide-ranging, it will include (for instance):
Key Skills and Skills Required
We are ideally looking for an Associate with the following skills and experience:
Why join us?
Baker McKenzie is a truly global law firm. Founded in 1949, we advise many of the world’s most dynamic and successful business organisations through our 13,200 people in 74 offices in 45 countries. Yet big does not mean impersonal. We work hard to ensure that everyone knows their role and has the support they need to perform it to the highest standard. Our culture encourages this - how we work, think and behave in a collaborative and fulfilling way.
In London you will be part of a 950 person office, which is also our largest office globally. Originally opened in 1961, Baker McKenzie London is well established in the UK as a leading international law firm and is regularly involved in some of the country's most high-profile legal matters. We can offer you the work, pride and experience of being part of a leading law firm but in a local office environment that is hardworking, yet friendly and supportive.
The strength of the firm and our culture is evidenced by a number of recent awards, including:
To Apply
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