Avery Law | Tax and Incentives

Tax & Share Incentives

Strategic legal solutions for founders, investors, and corporates to navigate tax planning, optimise structures, and implement effective share incentive schemes.

Achievements that matter

We’ve had the privilege of supporting businesses in achieving their tax and incentive objectives, from implementing tax-efficient structures to designing share schemes that attract and retain top talent. Whether you’re a founder optimising your tax strategy, an investor managing portfolio incentives, or a corporate structuring executive compensation, our expertise ensures compliance, efficiency, and alignment with your strategic goals.

Expert Legal Support for Tax & Share Incentives

Whether you’re structuring a tax-efficient transaction, implementing a share scheme, or managing tax implications in M&A deals, our team delivers tailored advice to meet your objectives. We simplify the complexities, helping you focus on growth and value creation.

Tax-Efficient Business Structures

Optimise your business structure for tax efficiency. We provide strategic advice on incorporating tax-efficient entities, restructuring existing arrangements, and minimising tax liabilities while remaining fully compliant with UK regulations.

Share Incentive Schemes

Design and implement share schemes that align with your business objectives. From EMI schemes to growth shares and employee ownership trusts, we create tailored incentive plans that attract, motivate, and retain key talent.

SEIS & EIS Tax Relief

Maximise the benefits of SEIS and EIS tax reliefs for your investors. We assist with securing advance assurance, structuring investments to meet the criteria, and ensuring ongoing compliance to protect these valuable incentives.

Executive Compensation & Incentives

Support your executive team with bespoke tax-efficient compensation plans. We advise on structuring bonuses, stock options, and long-term incentive plans to align with your corporate strategy while minimising tax implications.

M&A Tax: Warranties & Covenants

Ensure tax liabilities are identified and mitigated in M&A transactions. We provide expert advice on drafting and negotiating tax-related warranties, indemnities, and covenants, safeguarding your interests and ensuring smooth post-transaction integration.

Mergers, Founder Divestments, & HMRC Tax Clearance

Facilitate seamless internal and external mergers or founder divestments with expert tax guidance. We assist with structuring transactions to minimise tax exposure and obtaining HMRC clearances to ensure compliance and smooth execution of your strategic plans.

The team

Trusted Advisors, Proven Expertise

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David Turney

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

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Bjorn Benckert

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Client Journey

From designing tax strategies to implementing share incentive schemes, we’re with you every step of the way—delivering strategic legal support tailored to your tax and incentive needs.

Discovery & Consultation

The journey begins with understanding your tax strategy, share incentive goals, or M&A tax challenges. During our initial consultation, we identify your needs and opportunities to craft a bespoke legal plan.

Tailored Legal Strategy

We develop a customised plan to meet your objectives, whether it’s structuring an incentive scheme, managing tax warranties and covenants, or ensuring compliance with UK regulations.

Implementation & Execution

We guide you through every stage, from obtaining SEIS/EIS advance assurance to implementing share schemes, managing tax compliance, and securing HMRC clearances. Our meticulous approach ensures smooth execution and alignment with your goals.

Ongoing Legal Support

As your business evolves, so do your tax and incentive needs. We provide consistent, practical advice to adapt to changing regulations, expand operations, and maintain compliance.

Don’t just take our word for it

Hear from some of our amazing clients.

Unbound

As early-stage founders, we’ve relied on Avery Law as a hands-on legal partner from day one. They guided us through our first SEIS funding round and subsequent SAFE investments, kept our corporate affairs in order and our investor paperwork on track, and deftly navigated commercial contracts in a healthtech environment. Their advice is always clear and pragmatic, helping us tackle tricky legal issues as our company grows while staying focused on what really matters to us as founders. It’s rare to find lawyers who are so responsive and founder-friendly – with Avery Law by our side, we feel confident and well-supported.

David Vioque

Co-Founder

Moments of Space

Avery Law has been instrumental in supporting Moments of Space, offering exceptional expertise with a highly personalized and responsive approach. Their innovative, boutique model delivers outstanding value, and we feel fortunate to have found them.

Kim Little

CEO

Hurry Slowly

Avery Law has engineered and figured out a unique and hugely added value service within the deal making world for all parties within a transaction to work more efficiently, effectively and professionally. The price value relationship eclipses everyone else in the market.

Justin Stead

Chair

Watergate AI

I've worked with Avery Law for many years across four companies, handling everything from fundraising and IP to litigation and M&A. They're highly responsive, ultra-fast, and always accommodating; their exceptional service and expertise make them worth every penny – I strongly recommend them.

Krystian Zajac

Founder & CEO