Archive – Corporate (2023)

In the third issue of Lex ESOP, we are abandoning the contractual establishment of an employee stock ownership plan, moving on to generally more sophisticated and robust solutions. These are ESOPs based on (debt) securities and shareholding. What should be considered in relation to these options? Wh

In the last episode, we had a chance to peek into our manager motivation at our firm, and together with Jaroslav Havel we summarised the basic theses and principles of what we think about the employee stock ownership plan right here at HAVEL & PARTNERS. Today, I would like to show you an ESOP from t

I was very much looking forward to this “ESOP’s fable”. I am lucky that most of my clients are great and inspiring. However this client is one of the most popular. And you will soon find out why.

In the previous article in the Lex ESOP series, we briefly introduced individual types of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). In this part, we will present one of them, namely an ESOP without a managers’ equity interest. This type of an ESOP can be established relatively easily in its basic set-

Our corporate team led by our equity partner Ondřej Florián has written a series of interesting articles employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Now let me share with you our hands-on experience in this area, having built the team of Central Europe’s largest law firm.

Another issue of our “ESOP’s fables” takes us to a family-owned business where a manager acquired shares and became part of it.

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are increasingly being talked about in the domestic context. However, the concept imported mainly from the other side of the Atlantic logically carries with it certain specifics that cannot be easily transposed to the Czech context. The following parts of the "

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) enjoy considerable popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. They give employees the opportunity to acquire a participating interest in the company in which they work under various conditions. In this way, they will receive shares in the company and related ben

We start “ESOP's” fables with a really interesting and important client, a large tech company with global ambitions, and a real challenge to find the right type of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) with regard to the specifics, requirements, and ambitions of the client.