He has nearly twenty years’ experience of advising public and private companies, from start-ups to global multi-nationals. After nearly 15 years at Macfarlanes, Ian built and led the UK employee share schemes and incentives practice as a partner at the global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

An expert on the share schemes aspects of IPOs, private equity-backed investments, venture capital funding rounds and a broad range of international M&A transactions, Ian also specialises in the tax and trusts issues encountered by the trustees and settlors of employee benefit trusts.

Ian holds an MA in Jurisprudence from St John’s College, Oxford.  He is a regular speaker at industry events, including the recent Morgan Stanley ShareWorks, White Paper and Capdesk conferences.