Samuel Marriott

I am a Legal Director in Bird & Bird's London office and advise on a wide range of advisory and transactional employee incentive and share plan matters.

Clients value my pragmatic and responsive approach, understanding that no two clients are the same and want their incentive and share plan arrangements to reflect their own particular aims, culture and values.

I advise clients on the design and implementation of both HMRC tax-advantaged share plans, including EMI and CSOP plans, and bespoke incentive arrangements, such as growth shares and long term incentive plans (LTIPs). I have extensive experience working with VC backed startups in the technology and life sciences sectors and have specialist expertise in assisting US headquartered companies expand their incentive plans to the UK.

I also advises clients on the incentives and share plan aspects of domestic and international corporate transactions, including equity funding rounds, M&A, private equity and IPOs.

I am a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group.