Robert Postlethwaite
Managing Director @Postlethwaite Solicitors Limited
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WORK HISTORY
Managing Director @Postlethwaite Solicitors Limited
Niche legal practice specialising in employee share schemes and employee ownership, based in central London. Areas of practice include- Structuring arrangements to transfer ownership of private companies to employees (employee ownership)- Advice on governance and ownership structures for employee-led mutual companies taking over the delivery of public services- Design and implementation of employee share ownership plans/employee share schemes for private and listed companies- Advice on issues affecting employee share plans/share schemes in connection with transactions involving companies, for example mergers, reorganisations and flotations- Setting up employee trusts in connection with all-employee ownership arrangements
EDUCATION
University of Bristol
LLB Hons, Law
SKILLS
ABOUT ROBERT POSTLETHWAITE
I am the founder and managing director of Postlethwaite, an employee owned legal practice specialising in employee share schemes and employee ownership. We have four experienced lawyers in our team, all of whom worked as partners or senior lawyers in national or international corporate law firms.I have over twenty five years\' experience of helping private and listed companies design, implement and run employee share ownership and incentive schemes. My personal experience includes structuring several successful employee buyouts (including both private and public sector bodies), creating employee ownership trusts and ESOPs, helping a diverse range of private and listed companies create employee share schemes and advising on the share scheme taxation and legal issues which arise in a variety of corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and flotations. Our work also increasingly includes advising companies on the transition to 100% or majority employee ownership.Specialities: Employee ownershipEmployee ownership trusts (EOT\'s)Employee-led mutuals (ELM)Employee share schemes, including EMI options, company share option plans (CSOPs), long term incentive plans (LTIPs), SAYE option schemes, share incentive plans (SIPs), UK stock option plans for US companies, non-approved options, growth shares, joint ownership plans.Ranked as a leading individual by Chambers and Legal 500
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