Employee incentives encompass various kinds of schemes whose objective is to give employees a share of their company's profits and to promote group savings plans and the development of investments. Such schemes, which are a means of recognising employees’ performance and a factor in motivating employees distinct from ordinary pay, are often part of the overall remuneration policy of the business.

We advise and assist businesses in determining their deferred remuneration policies and in making best use of the various types of schemes, as well as assisting them in drawing up the necessary agreements.

Our areas of practice

We advise our clients in the following areas:

• Profit-sharing (participations aux résultats) 
• Employee savings schemes (French PEE, PEI and PERCO regimes)
• Profit-sharing (intéressement) 
• Leave / pay exchange schemes
• Employee shareholding policy
• Stock options and allocation of bonus shares
• Business creation equity warrants (bons de souscription de part de créateur d’entreprise)

Our approach

Our approach is based on:

• The skill and knowledge of our practice groups, based on our regular work in the field
• The availability of the firm’s expertise in other fields. The complexity of the issues that arise demands synergy of legal expertise between tax law and company law, for exemple, for the management of employee savings and share schemes
• Methodical precision: assessing requirements, strategy, providing advice which takes account of potential litigation, managing disputes, providing support throughout the various phases of our clients' legal operations
• The ability to handle international matters through dedicated multilingual lawyers with expert knowledge of international employment law practice.

Our clients

Our clients are French and international corporate groups and their subsidiaries operating across the full range of business activity, as well as banking institutions and investment companies.