Most ESOP schemes fail in the middle — designed well, then abandoned at trust formation, valuation, or accounting. We run the complete ESOP chain: scheme design, trust formation, independent valuation, Ind AS 102 accounting, exercise mechanics and FMV guidance, and liquidity events. One firm, no handover gaps.
You can't pay market cash yet. We design the scheme — pool sizing, vesting, leaver provisions — form the trust, and price the grants, so your offers compete.
Options granted informally, no trust, accounting never done. We remediate — regularise the grants, fix the accounting, and put administration on rails.
ESOPs must be listing-ready: trust cleanup, FMV documentation, Ind AS 102 compliance, and the disclosures the DRHP requires. We do the full pre-IPO ESOP workup.
ESOP vs. RSU vs. SARs — selected for your stage and tax outcomes. Vesting schedules, cliff, leaver and bad-leaver provisions, acceleration on exit — drafted, not templated.
ESOP trust deed, trustee appointment, and administration — including secondary purchase mechanics and the compliance calendar.
Independent fair valuation for grant pricing and regulatory compliance — the number your auditors and the tax authorities accept.
Expense recognition over vesting, disclosure notes, and auditor coordination — the accounting most schemes get wrong, handled correctly.
Exercise mechanics, FMV determination at exercise, perquisite tax computation, and employee communication — so nobody gets a surprise notice.
Buy-backs, secondary sales, and pre-IPO/IPO liquidity — structured for the company, the trust, and the employees.
Scheme architecture agreed — instrument, pool, vesting, leavers.
Trust formed, valuation done, grants priced and documented.
Ind AS 102 expense recognition and disclosures, auditor-aligned.
Exercise, FMV, and liquidity events managed through exit or IPO.
When you need senior talent you can't yet pay in cash — typically seed to Series A. Setting up early is cheaper than fixing a broken scheme later.
ESOPs suit early-stage upside; RSUs suit later-stage certainty; SARs suit cash-settled phantom value. Tax and accounting differ — we recommend on your facts.
Perquisite tax at exercise on the FMV spread, capital gains at sale. We guide the company and the employees so the notices don't surprise.
Not mandatory, but standard at scale — it simplifies administration, secondaries, and pre-IPO cleanup. We advise on your stage.
Tell us where your company is headed. A partner — not a sales rep — will respond.
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