Rasmus Berglund

Partner, Tax and Reward, Macfarlanes

Rasmus is a partner in the Macfarlanes Reward practice. With more than 17 years’ experience, he specialises in all aspects of UK and international employee and executive incentive arrangements.

Rasmus’s practice includes the design, implementation and operation of a wide range of employee share plans and executive remuneration arrangements as well as the treatment and negotiation of incentives in the context of corporate transactions.

He advises on all share plan-related matters including individual and corporate tax and structuring, global regulatory compliance, trust and nominee arrangements, plan administration, data protection and employment issues. Rasmus has a particular focus on corporate governance and remuneration disclosure for listed companies and, having spent time on secondment with one the largest UK banks, also advises on UK and European remuneration regulation within the financial services sector.

Rasmus is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group and on the Steering Committee of the Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) Centre. He is also qualified as a US Certified Equity Professional (CEP).

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Malus and clawback

Practice Notes

This Practice Note introduces the concepts of malus and clawback provisions and details the practical considerations companies need to consider when using malus and clawback provisions in share option, share award and bonus documentation. The concept of withholding or recovering value from executives if a material adverse event occurs following the award of performance-related pay has become increasingly common in recent years. This Practice Note is written in conjunction with Nick Hipwell of DLA Piper UK LLP, Sarah Ferguson of Bird and Bird, and Rasmus Berglund and Clio Pialorsi of Macfarlanes LLP.

Share Incentives