Incentive schemes

Danish and foreign companies and institutions increasingly use incentive schemes as part of (the) employee(s’) remuneration.

There are many advantages to incentive schemes – but also a number of legal challenges and pitfalls to take into consideration in the establishment and administration of them.

We assist employers in:

the drafting and implementing employee incentive schemes, in which remuneration is based wholly or partly on shares, warrants, stock options, convertible bonds, stock appreciation rights, bonus, commission, percentage of profits, or the like
reviewing an existing incentive scheme if, in the event of termination of an employment, there is uncertainty about the legal position of the former employee in respect of the (existing) scheme
the introduction of employee benefits and flexible remuneration packages.

If it comes to a dispute over an incentive scheme, we also assist in such matters, having already brought before the courts a number of leading legal actions on e.g. stock option and similar schemes.

We cover not only employment law advice, but also advise on tax and company law connected to the various types of incentive schemes.