Paul Ellerman
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Employee Share Schemes & Incentives
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About
Provided by Paul Ellerman
Practice Areas
Paul is a Partner and co-head of the Herbert Smith Freehills London Remuneration & Incentives team, specialising in remuneration and employee incentives.
Paul helps clients with executive remuneration and incentives matters. He has established a wide range of cash-based and share-based incentive plans for listed and private companies in the UK and globally. Paul advises clients on the incentive plan aspects of many significant transactions, including takeovers, IPOs, rights issues, demergers and schemes of arrangement.
Paul also works with clients on the remuneration aspects of executive recruitments and terminations.
Career
Paul was an associate at a leading London law firm before joining Herbert Smith Freehills as a partner in 2000.
Professional Memberships
Paul is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group, and a member of its Corporate and Regulatory Committee.
Publications
Paul is the Consulting Editor of Employee Share Plans: International Legal and Tax Issues published by Global law and Business.
Chambers Review
UK
Paul Ellerman advises listed and private companies on remuneration and share plans. He is well versed in advising clients in the context of both domestic and cross-border transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul shows a very high level of service, sophistication and commercial awareness and is also very pleasant to work with."
"Paul is a real expert in the field of complex remuneration matters."
"Paul is abreast of market trends and is able to give up to date counsel on the direction to take."
"He is thoughtful and thorough in his approach, with a positive attitude."
"Paul shows a very high level of service, sophistication and commercial awareness and is also very pleasant to work with."
"Paul is a real expert in the field of complex remuneration matters."
"Paul is abreast of market trends and is able to give up to date counsel on the direction to take."
"He is thoughtful and thorough in his approach, with a positive attitude."