Employee share schemes

Our team of specialists across corporate, tax and employment issues advise clients on all aspects of employment share schemes, cash-settled bonuses and employee share trusts.

​​​Bell Gully provides advice on the establishment of new schemes as well as the potential impact of takeovers, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate actions on existing schemes. Structuring a scheme to best meet the objectives of the issuer as well as maximise appropriate incentives to employees is often the key decision and we can assist you with those decisions.

The team regularly work with employee benefits lawyers in other jurisdictions to assist global businesses to extend their schemes to New Zealand in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Work highlights

Listed companies
Advises NZX listed companies including Fletcher Building, Air New Zealand, Napier Port, Genesis Energy, Rakon, Gentrack, and Kiwi Property Group on their employee share plans.

Employee benefits offers
Advises global companies on employee benefits offers to New Zealand employees.