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Louise
Whitewright
Partner, London
louise.whitewright@hoganlovells.com
Louise is co-head of the Executive Compensation and Share Incentives team specialising in global executive and employee share plans, employee benefits, LTIPs and restricted stock plans. She advises on the design, structure, establishment and operation of HMRC approved and non-HMRC approved employee share plans and employee benefit trusts both in the UK and internationally. Louise advises on corporate governance issues in connection with executive compensation and disclosure. She is actively involved, through technical industry groups, in consulting with government and institutional investor bodies on the implementation of new legislation and corporate governance codes.
Recent advisory experience includes: • advising on all aspects of HMRC approved plans for our clients including negotiation with HMRC on various aspects of approved plan operation; • advising on special awards for new directors and retention awards for a number of listed companies and disclosure of director's remuneration for Companies Act and Listing Rules purposes including advising a UK listed company on possible risks of challenge from shareholders to executive share incentive awards including risks for Company and for executives and considering in particular rules on change of control; • advising clients in all industry sectors on the impact of the new 2003 taxation regime (modified each year since 2003) on their employee share incentives; • advising a FTSE 200 client on the implementation of new long term incentive and global all-employee share plans and the impact of subsidiary sales and of share consolidations, rights issues and a proposed merger; and • advising an international bank in connection with issues arising in relation to its employee incentive arrangements and the basis on which restricted derivative securities under the plan should be subject to UK income tax.
Recent transactional experience includes: • Barclays plc on its sale of Barclays Global Investors; • Barclays plc on its proposed acquisition of ABN Amro; • SEGRO plc on its Rights Issue; • Christian Salvesen on its acquisition by Groupe Norbert Dentressangle.
Hogan Lovells Publications
20 September 2010
"Important New Guidance on Health Reform, Including New Claims Rules, Retirement Plan Fee Disclosures, and Other Issues." Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits and Share Incentives Newsletter, Hogan Lovells
May 2010
"Hogan Lovells Corporate Governance Unit: UK Corporate Governance Code." Corporate Governance Update, Hogan Lovells
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