Foreign Laws, Rules Drive Planning Of Global Equity Programs, Attorney Says

Offering stock plans to employees outside the United States requires employers to learn about foreign laws and rules to avoid making costly mistakes, practitioner Jon Doyle said July 14.

Doyle, a partner in the San Francisco firm International Law Partners, in a BNA-sponsored webinar, “What You Need to Know About Global Equity Compensation,” addressed legal, regulatory, and human resource issues facing employers that want to offer U.S.-type equity compensation programs to employees overseas.

Doyle also addressed best practices designed to avoid mistakes that could result in unexpected costs resulting from noncompliance with foreign tax, securities, and labor laws whose requirements ...