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Employee share schemes and incentives - Star Associate: "Katie is extremely knowledgeable, with a practical and straightforward approach." "Katie is very responsive and is strong on share plan matters."

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Katie is a senior counsel in the Tax and Incentives group, specialising in employee incentives. Katie advises on a full range of employee incentive matters, and has particular experience with takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, structuring of tax-favoured and non-tax favoured equity arrangements, and equity incentivisation for management and start-ups. She also advises on various employment tax issues.

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Since 2023 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2023 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2019 Associate, Slaughter and May
2013 - 2015 Trainee solicitor, Slaughter and May
2015 Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales
2013 Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School
2012 BA in Law, University of Cambridge

Career

Since 2023 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2023 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2019 Associate, Slaughter and May
2013 - 2015 Trainee solicitor, Slaughter and May

Education

2015 Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales
2013 Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School
2012 BA in Law, University of Cambridge

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Employee share schemes and incentives - Star Associate: "Katie is extremely knowledgeable, with a practical and straightforward approach." "Katie is very responsive and is strong on share plan matters."

Legal 500 UK 2026

Leading associate in the employee share schemes category.

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Leading associate

Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives - Associate to Watch: Katie Lewis is a widely praised associate with expertise in share plans, most notably in the biotech market. She frequently supports private clients with corporate transactions, assists companies with IPOs and advises on other public company mandates.

Employee share schemes - Ranked: ‘The quality and diligence of their work is consistently high quality. Katie Lewis is recommended.’ ‘Working with Katie has been a pleasure. She has provided valuable advice related to not only EMI options but also various commercial issues that the company faced. I have never needed to contact another law firm regarding the company’s legal matters.’

Employee share schemes - Ranked: Katie Lewis, who is highly regarded for her ‘valuable advice related to EMI options’.

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