Jeremy Edwards
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Employee Share Schemes & Incentives
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+44 (0)20 7919 1000Share profile
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About
Provided by Jeremy Edwards
Practice Areas
Jeremy Edwards is a Partner and Head of the Employee Benefits Group, specialising in all aspects of employee share plans. Jeremy has over 25 years' experience as a share plan lawyer and two years' experience as a corporate lawyer. Jeremy advises on all aspects of employee share plans, executive compensation and the taxation of employees. He has also led the group in advising companies faced with, and dealing with, transactions and HMRC audits.
Jeremy is a prominent adviser to London Stock Exchange listed companies in relation to the structure and disclosure of remuneration for directors and senior executives. Jeremy has overseen the team's market leading initiatives, which include a FTSE 100 surveys on executive director share plans, a FTSE 100 surveys on malus and clawback, seminars for clients and alerts that keep track for clients of the latest developments. The executive remuneration part of the practice has gained considerable momentum in the past few years.
Jeremy is also recognised as the leading partner in the City for international share plans.
Jeremy is a well-respected speaker and widely recognised for his expertise with complex share schemes.
Chambers Review
UK
Jeremy Edwards is head of the employee benefits group at Baker McKenzie in London. He advises a broad range of clients on all manner of employee benefits schemes and is acknowledged for his experience handling global share plans.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jeremy is always quick to respond and provides top-class service."
"Jeremy is incredibly commercial and technical."
"He's an amazing lawyer and really delivers for his clients."
"Jeremy is always quick to respond and provides top-class service."
"Jeremy is incredibly commercial and technical."
"He's an amazing lawyer and really delivers for his clients."