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Danny Blum

Partner

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Danny is a Partner and heads up the seven-strong London team dedicated to employee incentives/benefits.

He advises on all aspects of share/cash-based employee incentives. Danny advises on the implementation of LTIPs, tax-advantaged arrangements, SAYE Schemes, restricted stock awards, cash bonus plans and numerous bespoke arrangements designed to achieve tax-efficiency. He advises listed companies, AIM companies, private companies, private equity houses and trust companies on issues relating to employee incentives generally, in takeover/MBO situations and on IPO. Danny also advises global corporations on extending their incentive plans into the UK, EMEA and beyond.

The Legal 500 2018 comments: "The 'very responsive, proactive and commercial' Danny Blum chairs the London team at the firm. He is experienced across the suite of share scheme and cash incentive matters, advising both domestic and international clients.”

Chambers UK comments: Danny "is adept at dealing with international advisory and transactional share scheme matters. He is very good at what he does, gives very detailed responses to questions and receives praise for his good commercial view on things.”

Danny's experience includes advising:

  • on the employee share plan aspects of the £2 billion acquisition of New Look Retail Group by Brait
  • on the acquisition of e2v plc by Teledyne Technologies Inc
  • on the acquisition of Cape plc by Altrad
  • on the aborted acquisition by Capita Group plc of Xchanging plc
  • on extending stock awards across multiple jurisdictions for UK corporations such as AstraZeneca plc, Microgen plc, ARM, Ophir Energy plc, CPPGroup plc, Consort Medical Group plc and New Look Retail Group
  • on extending stock awards across the globe for US corporations such as Wolverine Worldwide Inc, Univar Inc, Sally Beauty Holdings Inc and Alix Partners
  • on incentive arrangements in connection with the admission of Charter Court Financial Services plc, Eurocell plc, Medica Group plc and NewRiver REIT plc to trading on the London Stock Exchange
  • Ranked in Chambers UK 2019
  • Ranked in Chambers UK 2018
  • Member of the Training Committee of the Share Plan Lawyers Group
  • Member of the Share Schemes Experts Committee of the Quoted Company Alliance
  • Member of the Employment Taxes Committee of the CBI
Danny Blum

Partner

Danny Blum

Partner

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