In today’s complex business climate, employee benefits can be a challenging aspect, ranging from setting up a new business structure or purchasing an existing business with existing employee benefit arrangement to consider, attracting and/or retaining employees, structuring appealing employment arrangements and/or setting up employee benefit plans such as international or domestic pension plans, employee share option schemes or employee benefit trusts and other employee incentives. 

Across DQ’s employment, pensions, regulatory and compliance, corporate and commercial and tax teams, DQ offers a full range of legal services relating to employee benefits, including:

• Contracts of employment, bespoke policies and consultancy agreements
• Global mobility advice including jurisdictional issues and flexible working arrangements
• Senior executive matters including profit share bonus schemes
• Advising on and drafting occupational, personal, domestic and international pension schemes
• Regulatory and compliance advice
• Corporate transactions and restructuring, including due diligence reviews of a target entity’s existing employee benefit schemes
• Retirement plans such as employee share option schemes and employee benefit trusts
• Tax advice including tax compliance, disclosure, residence, domicile, employment, national insurance, special treatment of key employees, dispensations and benefits in kind
• Training on the above aspects

DQ is also a founding member of Employee Benefits Isle of Man (https://www.eb.im/)