Gillian Parnell

Gillian Parnell

Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Gill Parnell is a partner in the Compensation Group, part of the Employment Department of the London office of Baker McKenzie. She advises on all aspects of employee share plans and employee taxation. Gill has over 10 years’ experience as a share plan lawyer. Gill has been named a Leading Associate by Legal 500 and an Associate to Watch by Chambers.

Practice Focus

Gill advises on a wide variety of matters relating to employee share incentives and employment taxation, including executive remuneration. Gill assists companies with the tax and social security consequences of employees working remotely abroad or coming to work in the UK. Gill has a focus on the tax aspects of the modern workforce. Gill assists UK and multinational companies with the design, implementation and administration of their UK and international share plans and other incentive plans. She also advises on employee share incentives and executive remuneration in the context of corporate transactions.

Professional Honors

  • Leading Associate - Legal 500
  • Associate to Watch - Chambers

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Law Society of England & Wales - Member
  • SharePlan Lawyers Group - Member
  • ProShare - Member
  • Global Equity Organisation - Member
  • ESOP Centre - Member

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2014)

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • Author, "Contingent Worker Misclassification Risk Map," Baker McKenzie
  • Speaker, "Navigating Tax Disputes for Mobile Employees," June 2025