Employee stock option plans (ESOPs) have become standard in Slovak companies in recent years.
And not only in start-ups, but also in larger and profitable companies.
Since the low unemployment rate and the related labour market situation have intensified the struggle for top people on the market, offering shares in the company is so often a condition not only for managerial positions.
The aim of our conference specifically dedicated to ESOPs is to show best practices of different types of such structures in a comprehensible way. This is in terms of economic and psychological adjustment within the company as well as parallel legal and tax structuring (tax optimization). Thus, the conference aims to fully demonstrate a comprehensive and practical view of the different variabilities of employee/contract participation in the profits/markets/exits of companies.
How are bad leaver/good leaver situations dealt with in practice, how to set up legal security for company owners, where is the market and best practices of Slovak companies today, what is expected and what are the trends from abroad?
Peter is co-founder of boutique consultancy Highgate Group. Previously, he worked in the Bratislava office of international law firm 大成 Dentons, where he focused on cross-border finance and international tax law. He also worked on the second historic cross-border IPO in Slovakia. Peter's advisory work focuses primarily on financial regulation and setting up tax and legal structures for Slovak and foreign clients, including ESOP structures. Peter is also an advisor to a number of governmental authorities, having participated in part in the amendment of the Income Tax Act regulating ESOPs.
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Tomáš is a co-founder of Highgate Group, a consultancy group providing comprehensive legal, tax and accounting advice under one roof. Previously, he worked in the Bratislava office of the international law firm Allen & Overy, where he focused on cross-border M&A transactions and corporate law. Tomas primarily focuses on startup law, venture capital and M&A transactions, corporate law and corporate setup of local and cross-border ESOP structures. Tomas led the Highgate Group team in the establishment of the first European venture capital fund, EuVECA, in the V4 countries.
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Daniel is a managing partner at Crowdberry, the most well-known Slovak investment platform. He also focuses on growth capital investments for SMEs. He brings to Crowdberry more than 15 years of industry, acquisition advisory and investment banking experience from home and abroad. He has worked at NIBC Bank in Germany, Kaufman Bros. investment bank in New York, and also at Daimler AG and BASF AG. In Slovakia, he co-founded the investment advisory company EWAMCo.
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Miroslav was a member of the M&A advisory team of KPMG's international network in Slovakia for 9 years, where he primarily focused on advising on M&A transactions across a wide range of sectors. At the same time, Miroslav served as Head of Corporate Valuation and Financial Modelling at KPMG Slovakia. Subsequently, Miroslav founded Axelero Capital Advisors, which focuses mainly on transaction advisory and valuation of companies. The portfolio of services also includes advising on the commercial set-up of ESOP schemes, in particular setting commercial parameters or valuation of the companies in question. In his practice to date, Miroslav has helped set up such structures for companies mainly in the e-commerce, professional services and healthcare sectors.
inMiesto: Hub Hub, Twin City C, Mlynské nivy 16, 811 09 Bratislava
Speaker: Peter Varga, Tomas Demo, Miroslav Mulica
Speaker: Peter Varga, Tomas Demo, Daniel Gaspar
Speaker: Daniel Gaspar
Employee stock and stock options (ESOP) in Slovak companies – only by attendance
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