Associate - Employee Incentives & Benefits

Bird & Bird LLP is an international law firm which supports organisations being changed by technology or the digital world. We combine exceptional legal expertise with deep industry knowledge and refreshingly creative thinking, to help clients achieve their commercial goals. We have over 1,300 lawyers in 31 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and North America, as well as close ties with firms in other parts of the world. If you want to find out more, visit www.twobirds.com.

The firm offers excellent prospects for progression and our culture provides all our people with world-class support to achieve their ambitions and goals.

Bird & Bird is committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment and we are an equal opportunities employer. We support an agile working environment and are happy to discuss flexible working.

The position has arisen in order to rebalance the EIB team and will come with a lot of autonomy and potentially significant career progression. The role will consist entirely of EIB and you will be advising on: incentives aspects of corporate transactions, including structuring earn-outs and tax planning; the design of management incentive arrangements, including EMI plans, growth shares, JSOPs and other arrangements; cross-border incentive arrangements, including the roll-out of equity arrangements across multiple jurisdictions; advising on employment taxes, including termination payments and internationally mobile employees. The team at Bird & Bird works closely with founders and key members of the management team in organisations of varying sizes and we have a particular strength in assisting startup businesses. You will therefore need to be able to advise in a concise, commercial manner.

For further information about this role, please click on the link below to view the Job Description or contact Angela Bishop, at angela.bishop@twobirds.com.To apply