In light of the increased worldwide media attention on executive pay it is obvious that this topic is one of the most talked about issues currently and will continue to be in the “spotlight” for some time to come. This exciting session will tackle this lofty topic and provide first-hand insight into evolving shareholder views and the impact of increased government regulation.

In this session a team of experts will provide practical examples of plan governance gone awry and draw out key lessons for employers in this area. This session will focus on discrimination laws and the implications they can have for exercises of discretion and other forms of decision making by employers in the operation of their plans.

This presentation examines tax-qualified regimes for share-based awards in France, Ireland, Israel, the UK and the US. Our panel of experts will discuss the advantages offered by these tax qualified programs for issuers and for employees and offer insights into what factors companies take—or should take—into consideration when deciding to put a tax-qualified program in place in a particular country.