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Episode 7 - Securities Law 101: Structuring Equity Awards to Avoid Local Securities Law Requirements
Brian Wydajewski welcomes Sinead Kelly — Global Equity Services Partner at Baker & McKenzie — in providing practical tips on how to structure your equity awards to avoid local securities law requirements.
In this 10-episode series of Talking Stock, Baker & McKenzie's Global Equity Services Practice outlines 10 strategies to maximize the rewards and mitigate the risks of your global equity program.
Key Takeaways:[1:03] Esq. Kelly explains the information gathering and preparatory steps, required a few months in advance, in order for a company to make global grants.
[4:40] Minimizing the securities law obligations outside the U.S. is possible if the company is flexible with regards to the type, amount and timing of the awards offering.
[8:50] Ways to minimize the risk of securities law violations include avoiding slip ups before they occur, with a yearly review, and writing flexibility directly into the awards contracts.
[11:15] The more common considerations from a U.S. securities law perspective for both private and publicly traded companies are covered.
[13:35] Esq. Wydajewski summarizes the key aspects of local securities law requirements as they pertain to equity awards, and introduces the next episode.
Mentioned in This Episode:Baker & McKenzie
Blue Sky Requirements
Disclaimer:
Baker & McKenzie International is a Swiss Verein with member law firms around the world. In accordance with the common terminology used in professional service organizations, reference to a "partner" means a person who is a partner, or equivalent, in such a law firm. Similarly, reference to an "office" means an office of any such law firm. This may qualify as "Attorney Advertising" requiring notice in some jurisdictions. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Before you send e-mail to Baker & McKenzie, please be aware that your communications with us through this message will not create a lawyer-client relationship with us. Do not send us any information that you or anyone else considers to be confidential or secret unless we have first agreed to be your lawyers in that matter. Any information you send us before we agree to be your lawyers cannot be protected from disclosure.
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By Baker & McKenzie Global Equity Services PracticeBrian Wydajewski welcomes Sinead Kelly — Global Equity Services Partner at Baker & McKenzie — in providing practical tips on how to structure your equity awards to avoid local securities law requirements.
In this 10-episode series of Talking Stock, Baker & McKenzie's Global Equity Services Practice outlines 10 strategies to maximize the rewards and mitigate the risks of your global equity program.
Key Takeaways:[1:03] Esq. Kelly explains the information gathering and preparatory steps, required a few months in advance, in order for a company to make global grants.
[4:40] Minimizing the securities law obligations outside the U.S. is possible if the company is flexible with regards to the type, amount and timing of the awards offering.
[8:50] Ways to minimize the risk of securities law violations include avoiding slip ups before they occur, with a yearly review, and writing flexibility directly into the awards contracts.
[11:15] The more common considerations from a U.S. securities law perspective for both private and publicly traded companies are covered.
[13:35] Esq. Wydajewski summarizes the key aspects of local securities law requirements as they pertain to equity awards, and introduces the next episode.
Mentioned in This Episode:Baker & McKenzie
Blue Sky Requirements
Disclaimer:
Baker & McKenzie International is a Swiss Verein with member law firms around the world. In accordance with the common terminology used in professional service organizations, reference to a "partner" means a person who is a partner, or equivalent, in such a law firm. Similarly, reference to an "office" means an office of any such law firm. This may qualify as "Attorney Advertising" requiring notice in some jurisdictions. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Before you send e-mail to Baker & McKenzie, please be aware that your communications with us through this message will not create a lawyer-client relationship with us. Do not send us any information that you or anyone else considers to be confidential or secret unless we have first agreed to be your lawyers in that matter. Any information you send us before we agree to be your lawyers cannot be protected from disclosure.