IPSA partner GEO has, in collaboration with Baker McKenzie, released their annual Global Equity Matrix. Global plans bring with them a whole new set of tasks and knowledge for stock plan professionals, tax directors, human resources managers, employee benefit lawyers, and corporate & securities counsel.
The Global Equity Matrix summarises the key issues for equity awards and covers tax and securities, exchange control, labour and data privacy issues in 50 countries.
It is a useful link to access regularly updated summaries of select legal and tax consequences for public company grants of employee stock options, stock purchase rights, cash awards, and restricted stock and restricted stock units.
