Sonia Gilbert is a partner at Clifford Chance and a remuneration and incentives lawyer, advising on remuneration regulation and governance, incentive plans, and employment tax issues. A significant part of her practice centres on private equity and management incentivisation, working with PE houses and management teams to design equity that puts genuine ownership in the hands of the people driving a business towards exit, from senior management incentive plans to broad-based schemes spanning many jurisdictions.

Veronika Lipinska is a Director in BDO UK's Share Plans and Incentives practice, where she helps companies deliver shares and share options to management and employees in a tax-efficient way. A non-practising solicitor, tax advisor, and book author, she specialises in HMRC-approved plans such as EMI and CSOP, and advises across the full spectrum of incentives, from growth shares and unapproved options to RSUs, RSAs, and carried interest. Much of her work is international: she frequently advises private equity houses and companies with cross-border workforces across the US, Australia, and Europe.