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Publication 17 Dec 2020 · United Kingdom

Executive Remuneration

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Remuneration is fundamental to the success and strategy of any business. Attractive and sustainable compensation structures can increase productivity and profitability, whilst also helping to attract and retain key talent. Investors and other stakeholders are increasingly focusing on all aspects of remuneration. 

Businesses need to ensure that their remuneration policy is aligned to their purpose and values as well as market norms and, for certain businesses, fine-tuning their compensation structure is made even more complicated by the need to comply with many levels of regulation and legislation. What ‘good looks like’ in terms of a commercially effective, ethical and legally compliant remuneration structure will differ from sector to sector and business to business, but for all businesses success requires a multi-faceted approach that navigates the various legal, regulatory, corporate governance and commercial requirements.

We understand that getting things wrong can have a detrimental effect on employee engagement and shareholder confidence and can, in certain sectors and situations, give rise to regulatory risk and adverse publicity. With this in mind, we have produced a series of Law-Now articles to provide guidance on the key remuneration issues that need to be considered.  

  1. Executive Remuneration in a post-COVID world
  2. Executive Remuneration: Board and Senior Appointments for Listed or Regulated Organisations
  3. Board and Senior Exits for Listed or Regulated Companies
  4. Remuneration and Culture for Regulated Firms
  5. Executive Remuneration: Consultation on Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance
  6. Financial Services: New MIFIDPRU Remuneration Code
  7. Executive remuneration and ESG
  8. Bonus Cap to be Scrapped?
  9. Removal of the Bankers’ Bonus Cap

Our multi-disciplinary team includes specialists from different practice areas - Employment, Corporate, Regulatory, Incentives and Tax and advise on a multitude of remuneration related issues. To find out more, download our brochure here or contact one of the team. 

For LexisNexis Webinars, Mark Walker and Kati Rannala discussed Remuneration Codes, board and senior appointments/exits, remuneration and culture, regulatory developments and future predictions.

Watch the short (35-min) webinar ‘What Employment Lawyers and HR Professionals Need to Know About Remuneration Issues’.