Mike Pewton, the CEO of ShareReporter, attended the November 2022 Pan European event of the Global Equity Organization in London. Mike spoke on a couple of panels, including one on compliance issues for companies who employee people using global employment platforms such as that of our client and platform partner, OysterHR. This has become something […]
Cathy Wears from the CMS Employee Share Incentives team has helped numerous start-ups with their employee share schemes. She gives her tips on how start-ups should organise their share option plans. DO consider the size of your share options pool – this should be large enough to incentivise current staff and leave sufficient outstanding to attract […]
Share plans compliance for global participants has the reputation of being complex, difficult and often expensive. We take a look at ways you can manage the process, keep costs low and have a successful share plan across numerous jurisdictions. 1) Believe you can do it!Too many companies assume it is too difficult, and do not […]
We are seeing more queries coming in from clients about data privacy compliance in the UAE now that the new data privacy laws are operational in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The recent changes to the data privacy laws in these free zones materially increase the data […]
Shanghai SAFE abolishes the annual filing/registration requirements of SAFE registered incentive plans. In late January 2021, the China State Administration of Foreign Exchange Shanghai Branch (“Shanghai SAFE”) verbally notified local counsels that the annual filing obligation for companies who have incentive plans registered with Shanghai SAFE is to be relaxed. There is still an obligation […]
