Jackie Luesby joins Smith & Williamson from Law Firm, Morgan Cole

Smith & Williamson, the investment management, accountancy and financial advisory group, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jackie Luesby as a senior manager in its corporate tax team, based in the firm’s head office in the City of London.

Jackie specialises in employee remuneration planning including employee share scheme arrangements and employee benefit trusts for mid-sized corporates.

“Many of the clients I work with are fast growing entrepreneurial companies, some of which plan to list on Aim and offer equity to as a means to incentivise and retain staff. It’s a particularly interesting time to get involved in evolving businesses and it’s great to see the both the directors and employees within an organisation motivated by share incentive schemes , ” said Jackie.

The arrival of Jackie means that Smith & Williamson’s employee incentive team now comprises eight fee-earners including four directors.

Jackie joins from Morgan Cole, lawyers in Oxford. She is a qualified solicitor and earlier in her career spent five years in Paris where she worked for Ernst & Young’s tax team.

Smith & Williamson is an independent professional and financial services group employing over 1,200 people. The group is a leading provider of investment management, financial advisory and accountancy services to private clients, professional practices and mid-size corporates. The group operates from offices in London, Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Guildford, Maidstone, Salisbury, Southampton, and Worcester.

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