Nicky Griffin
Nicky is a senior practice development lawyer as Pinsent Masons. She qualified with a Magic Circle firm in 1993 and specialises in employee incentives and executive remuneration, working with a board range of clients from FTSE 100 companies to small owner-managed businesses.
Nicky has been a practice development/knowledge lawyer since 2007, prior to that she was a partner and head of the share plans team at Olswang (now part of CMS). She has been ranked as a leading lawyer in share plans in the main legal directories and noted for her work on corporate governance and executive remuneration.
Practice Area
Panel
- Consulting Editorial Board
Qualified Year
- 1993
Membership
- Share Plan Lawyers Group
Qualification
- BA (1989)
Education
- Law Society Finals (London Polytechnic) (1991)
- Brasenose College, Oxford University (1986–1989)
1 Contributions by Nicky Griffin
PRACTICE NOTES
Share plans in takeovers of UK quoted companies by scheme of arrangement: treatment, Rule 15 letters, plan and articles amendments, SIP/SAYE implications
Overview of key issues
The principal matters addressed in this Practice Note are set out below:
why equity incentives are a central consideration on a takeover implemented by a scheme of arrangement
the differing effects that a scheme of arrangement can produce, which depend on the categories of awards granted under the target group’s share plans
the situations in which it may be appropriate to amend the target group’s share plan rules and/or the target company’s articles of association to manage incentives over the target’s shares as part of the transaction
the issues and questions that may arise where the relevant provision of the target group’s share plan rules refers to a scheme for the purposes of that company’s reconstruction or amalgamation
the information that ought to be included in scheme-specific documents and materials, such as the scheme document and the witness statement, and
which party would ordinarily draft the proposal letters to participants in the share plans operated by the target group (as required by Rule 15 of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, if applicable)—see Precedent: Rule 15 letter—general offer
Further general technical and practical guidance on...
Share Incentives
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