I am the founder and managing director of Postlethwaite, an employee owned legal practice specialising in employee share schemes and employee ownership. We have four experienced lawyers in our team, all of whom worked as partners or senior lawyers in national or international corporate law firms.I have over twenty five years' experience of helping private and listed companies design, implement and run employee share ownership and incentive schemes. My personal experience includes structuring several successful employee buyouts (including both private and public sector bodies), creating employee ownership trusts and ESOPs, helping a diverse range of private and listed companies create employee share schemes and advising on the share scheme taxation and legal issues which arise in a variety of corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and flotations. Our work also increasingly includes advising companies on the transition to 100% or majority employee ownership.Specialities: Employee ownershipEmployee ownership trusts (EOT's)Employee-led mutuals (ELM)Employee share schemes, including EMI options, company share option plans (CSOPs), long term incentive plans (LTIPs), SAYE option schemes, share incentive plans (SIPs), UK stock option plans for US companies, non-approved options, growth shares, joint ownership plans.Ranked as a leading individual by Chambers and Legal 500