Finance Monthly Taxation Awards 2020

United Kingdom ABOUT ANNA HUMPHREYS Anna specialises in employee incentives and regularly advises clients from the technology sector. Clients say Anna is extremely calm, organised and effective. Anna will guide you through the full range of employee incentive matters, including how to best structure and implement equity incentive plans for both management and employees, and all employment tax issues. She regularly advises international groups on their share plans, and has experience advising clients during takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Anna has wide experience in Enterprise Management Incentive Share Option Schemes, particularly for technology startup clients. She also advises non- UK companies wishing to extend their option arrangements to UK employees. Since 2017 Partner, Taylor Wessing 2012 - 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing 2007 - 2012 Associate, Taylor Wessing 2005 - 2007 Trainee, Osborne Clarke FIRM PROFILE Who we are Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world’s most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. What we stand for Taylor Wessing is a community of independent thinkers, connected by our core values and our drive to challenge expectation, together. Tax Legislation and policy change frequently at both a national and international level and having flexible and technically excellent guidance, from compliance to complex structuring and restructuring, is vital. Our international tax team is known for our work in the life sciences, technology, private wealth, real estate and finance sectors. We deliver complex domestic and crossorder strategic tax planning, and provide innovative tax and incentives advice to start-ups, venture capital investors and mature businesses (including private and listed groups). The teamalso regularly advises on structuring inward investments from the US and other jurisdictions. We help multinational clients set up optimal financing structures, acquisition structures and exit arrangements. We assist clients in the negotiation and resolution of tax disputes. We’ve helped numerous group operations set up successful global share schemes, as well as schemes tailored to specific jurisdictions. Our international team will ensure your business is supported by the most appropriate tax structure, and our depth of specialist expertise will ensure your business receives high quality advice configured to the jurisdiction you operate in. CONTACT www.taylorwessing.com/en 69