Expert legal advice

We partner with our clients to provide pragmatic and insight-driven solutions, addressing all your UK and global share plan and incentive needs

Get the experience and knowledge of a leading firm, with a focus on practical solutions

The UK's largest team of incentives lawyers, we’re consistently ranked top-tier by Chambers and Legal500.

We provide expert advice to clients worldwide (from large listed, to PE backed to private companies), competing directly with top London and global firms.

Global compliance

Ensuring tax and legal compliance for your incentive plans globally

Plan design & implementation

Advising on all types of incentive structures and drafting plan and shareholder approval documents

Global plan considerations

Helping you achieve your incentives goals globally, but with practical workability

Tax beneficial plans

Helping you achieve better tax treatment for you and your employees in relation to your incentive plans

Corporate governance considerations

Advising on malus and clawback policies and corporate governance best practice

Transaction support

Advising on the impact of transactions and corporate actions on your incentive plans

Director remuneration reporting

Advising on dealing restrictions and reporting (MAR), drafting annual director remuneration reports and policies

Financial services regulation

Ensuring that you stay compliant with financial services remuneration regulations

Employee benefit trusts

Helping you to establish and operate a trust, and advising on hedging strategies, to support your share plans

Empowering Global Businesses

We’re the trusted advisers to some of the world's leading companies, including 65% of the current FTSE 100 and with clients listed on all of the world’s major stock exchanges, including NYSE, NASDAQ, Euronext, Tokyo, Singapore and ASX. What makes us particularly proud is that our clients stick with us - more than 40% of our clients have been with us for over 5 years, seeing the value we bring and the relationships we build.

Recently heralded as a "leading firm in client satisfaction" by Legal500 (the only firm in the top tier to receive this recognition), our focus is to offer our clients timely, pragmatic and commercial advice with insight-driven global solutions, whilst building real partnerships to help you achieve your goals.

Our focus is on providing practical, commercial advice in plain English

Our team

Experience. Expertise. Global results.

Hannah has been at Tapestry for 9 years and trained and qualified with an international law firm. Hannah has been a Board Director at Tapestry for 4 years, leading on the transition to a fully independent employee-owned law firm.

Hannah Needle FGE

Legal Director and Tapestry Board Director

Chris was appointed to the Board when the firm became an employee owned business in October 2020, and has over 25 years of experience advising on UK tax-advantaged plans, senior executive plans and employee benefit trusts for listed companies and private equity owned businesses.

Chris Fallon

Legal Director and Tapestry Board Director

Lorna has been at Tapestry for 10 years and trained at DLA Piper. Lorna has been a Board Director at Tapestry for 4 years, leading on the transition to a fully independent employee-owned law firm.

Lorna Parkin

Senior Associate and Tapestry Board Director

Suzannah has extensive experience advising companies on the introduction and ongoing operation of their share plans and other equity incentive arrangements in the UK and globally, both at executive level and for the wider workforce.

Suzannah Crookes

Legal Director

Sarah works with clients supporting the design and operation of their UK and global incentive plans. Her specialisms include implementing UK tax advantaged share plans, supporting administrator service provision, and advising pre-IPO businesses.

Sarah Bruce

Senior Associate

Sally advises on all aspects of global and UK share plans for leading global companies and banks. Through the top FTSE and global clients that she works for, Sally has particular experience in the market practice for executive and all-employee plans operating in a multitude of countries, and managing the legal and tax compliance of those plans.

Sally Blanchflower

Senior Associate

Paul has a broad range of experience supporting listed and private companies on their executive and all-employee incentive arrangements. He advises UK and international businesses in relation to the design, implementation and operation of incentives taking into account tax, legal and commercial requirements.

Paul Abthorpe

Senior Associate

Carla’s primary focus is with global companies, helping them to navigate the various complexities they face when designing, implementing and operating their share plans internationally.

Carla Walsham

Senior Associate

Emma works with both UK and global incentive plans but specialises in all aspects of share plans for UK plcs, including advising on executive remuneration and UK tax-advantaged plans. She works closely with Company Secretarial and/or Reward functions within her clients to manage the legal aspects of delivering high value, often multi-jurisdictional share plan projects, including launching new global all-employee plans, renewals of executive plans, and managing migrations to new share plan providers.

Emma Parker

Senior Associate

Matthew advises world-leading companies on the design and implementation of their share, fund and cash-based incentive arrangements, including arrangements that comply with local tax benefits.

Matthew Hunter

Senior Associate

Steve advises on tax-qualified employee share plans as well as global executive plans, advising on global due diligence and securities filings, share plan design and drafting plan documents.

Steve Penfold

Senior Associate

Margaret works with UK and global incentive plans and specialises in UK tax advantaged share plans, being qualified in both Scots and English law.

Margaret Rankin

Managing Associate

Sonia works with both UK and global companies and specialises in global compliance in relation to their executive and employee share plans.

Sonia Taylor

Managing Associate

Rebecca advises many leading companies on global compliance in relation to their executive and employee share plans, including advising on global due diligence and securities filings, share plan design and drafting plan documents.

Rebecca Perry

Managing Associate

Tom works with a variety of UK FTSE100 and FTSE250 companies on their incentive plans, with a particular interest in corporate governance considerations.

Tom Parker

Managing Associate

Lewis advises on all aspects of global incentive plans, including the design, implementation and operation of executive and employee incentive plans.

Lewis Dulley

Managing Associate

Olivia advises on global compliance of executive and employee share plans, including the provision of advice on global due diligence and securities filings, share plan design and drafting plan documents.

Olivia Rodrigo

Associate

Gemma qualified as a solicitor in December 2023 following a previous career as a Chartered Secretary, having worked in Company Secretariat teams at several FTSE listed companies and as a consultant in share plan administration on behalf of a range of clients dealing with all-employee and discretionary plans.

Gemma Morgan

Associate

Kerishni works with our lawyers on all aspects of our client work including global compliance on executive and employee share plans, including the provision of advice on global due diligence and securities filings share plan design and drafting plan documents.

Kerishni Kundasamy

Legal Assistant (Trainee Lawyer)

Izzy supports on global compliance for executive and employee share plans, including the provision of advice on global due diligence and securities filings, share plan design and drafting plan documents.

Izzy Martin

Legal Assistant (Trainee Lawyer)

Luke supports on global compliance on executive and employee share plans, including the provision of advice on global due diligence and securities filings, share plan design and drafting plan documents.

Luke Cuthbert

Legal Assistant (Trainee Lawyer)

Bob works with many of the world’s leading companies advising them on developing the best strategy for global compliance.

Bob Grayson

Consultant (lawyer)

Jess has worked in global employee equity since 2005, first for Linklaters and then for Tapestry since its founding in 2011.

Jess Mitchell

Global Employee Equity Consultant

Sharon manages our online global database, 'OnTap', keeping abreast of global legal and tax compliance for global incentive plans in over 150 countries.

Sharon Thwaites

Global Share Plans Support Manager

As Senior Team Secretary, Gabby leads and manages the talented secretarial team, and oversees the administration and marketing of the Cert. ESP Course.

Gabrielle Miranda

Senior Team Secretary and Cert. ESP Coordinator

Jess is an integral member of the secretarial team at Tapestry, she is the PA to the Board of Directors, plans corporate events, and assists with marketing initiatives.

Jessica Cook

Board PA and Team Secretary

Linda is a key member of the Team, currently responsible for the smooth running of Tapestry’s Global Database, OnTap, and it’s many subscribers.

Linda Bartlett

Team Secretary and OnTap Administrator

Ria is an experienced secretary and excels in multitasking on a variety of adminstrative tasks.

Ria Walker

Team Secretary

Sam is an experienced secretary with broad and extensive skills and excellent attention to detail.

Sam Marks

Team Secretary

Nicola seamlessly handles a variety of responsibilities, including supporting the OnTap Database Team and managing overseas trips.

Nicola Taylor

Team Secretary

Nichola looks after all aspects of the team's financial management.

Nichola Storey

Senior Finance Manager

Chris looks after all aspects of the team's financial management, including the firms e-billing systems.

Christoper Waite

Finance Manager

Debbie is a Credit Controller with over 40 years’ experience.

Debbie Knight

Credit Controller/Legal Cashier

Rachel is a specialised finance professional, managing client and office accounts at Tapestry.

Rachel Haines

Legal Cashier

Georgie is a specialised finance professional, assisting with ensuring that client and office accounts at Tapestry are kept up-to date.

Georgie Bestall

Legal Cashier

Marianne supports our practice with strategic planning, reporting, forecasting and finance.

Marianne Chalcraft

Consultant (Finance)

With exceptional attention to detail and strong organisational skills, she expertly deals with a myriad of responsibilities, including facilities management, risk and compliance, insurance, HR functions, employee benefits, payroll, and more!

Lisa Brook

Operations Manager

Cathy McIntosh has been supporting Solicitors in their roles for the past 15 years. She assists in various projects across the team including being part of the Cert. ESP team.

Cathy McIntosh

Information and Business Support Manager

Dan is an IT professional with experience in delivering and supporting a wide range of IT solutions. Dan oversees all aspects of Tapestry’s IT systems, applications, infrastructure and cyber security.

Dan Oldfield

Head of IT

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Chambers & Partners 2025

Tapestry has been instrumental in providing us with advice on complex matters. They handle a broad range of matters in this space that very few firms are capable of.

Client

Chambers & Partners 2025

They are excellent at providing pragmatic advice that is actionable.

Client

Chambers & Partners 2025

Thorough guidance was always provided on all matters and the team was always available and responsive to whatever issues were raised.

Client

Legal500 2025

Tapestry are a boutique share plan firm, whose global reach means they're a one-stop-shop for us. Their industry knowledge is excellent, they take the time to get to know us as a business and what our specific needs are, and they're proactive in thinking about solutions to current issues or potential future issues.

Client

Legal500 2025

This team is hands-down the most knowledgeable and experienced in the field of employee share schemes in the UK. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

Expert legal advice

Get the experience and knowledge of a leading firm, with a focus on practical solutions

Global compliance

Plan design & implementation

Global plan considerations

Tax beneficial plans

Corporate governance considerations

Transaction support

Director remuneration reporting

Financial services regulation

Employee benefit trusts

Empowering Global Businesses

Our team

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