Global Equity Matrix

Wondering if you have to withhold taxes on option exercises in Japan? Do you need to register your plan in Australia?

Baker McKenzie's Global Equity Matrix summarizes the key issues for equity awards and covers tax and securities, exchange control, labor and data privacy issues in 50 countries.

• Designed for stock plan professionals, tax directors, human resources managers, employee benefit lawyers, and corporate & securities counsel.

• Regularly updated summary of select legal and tax consequences for public company grants of employee stock options, stock purchase rights, and restricted stock, restricted stock units and cash-settled equity awards.

• Filter information by equity type (e.g. options, RSU, ESPP), by country, and by specific area of interest.

• Updates to important developments as they happen, delivered right to your device.

About Baker McKenzie's Compensation Practice:

Baker McKenzie's Global Equity Services practice works with multinational employers to design, implement, and maintain equity-based compensation programs for global employees, consultants, and directors. We design programs, considering both the employer and employee, to anticipate and minimize adverse accounting effects and to satisfy tax, securities, labor, exchange control, and data privacy compliance considerations globally. We provide legal advice on all aspects of executive compensation and equity benefits, from compliance to litigation. Leveraging our unmatched global network, we work with Baker McKenzie lawyers around the world to provide a coordinated, detailed approach to any share plan implementation.