Chris Fallon

Areas of Expertise

• Chris has expertise in dealing with Employee Benefit Trusts and private equity-owned businesses.
• Chris advises on broader employment related tax issues.

Working Life

• Chris was appointed to the Board when the firm became an employee owned business in October 2020, and has over 25 years of experience advising on UK tax-advantaged plans, senior executive plans and employee benefit trusts for listed companies and private equity owned businesses.
• Chris regularly presents at many industry events (including webinars, round tables and podcasts) including those run by industry body ProShare, sharing his expert knowledge with the market, and is a member of the ProShare Advisory Board. He has also assisted ProShare with successfully lobbying HMRC and the government on various industry issues, including discussions around how the UK Government’s recent tax changes will impact share plans affecting the wider workforce.
• Chris works with representatives of the Japanese Government to assist their awareness and understanding of the UK’s incentive framework and global practice to help improve the equivalent regulatory framework in Japan and increase the use and effectiveness of incentives in that country.
• Before Tapestry, Chris was in the tax and employee share plans team of City law firm Travers Smith.

Education

•  Law LLB, Sheffield University

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