Phase one
Inception and setup
Plan design and documentation structured for the way it will actually be administered, right to close, and right to run.
- Pool sizing
- Vesting and leaver logic
- Documentation
- Cap table integration
Expert implementation, administration, and advisory support for MIPs, from inception to exit. Platform-agnostic, independently operated.
A plan that is legally complete is not yet operationally usable. From setup through to liquidity, we carry the operational burden, so the plan keeps working long after close.
Plan design and documentation structured for the way it will actually be administered, right to close, and right to run.
The day to day carried through the holding period, every change handled without disrupting the programme.
At the moment the plan has to be exactly right: every entitlement reconciled, every payout cleanly executed.
Throughout: advisory and interpretation. Reading the documents as an operating manual, reviewing equity packages before signing, flagging the issues that only surface later.
Incentive plans implemented and managed across a wide range of PE-backed structures, geographies and participant profiles. Client names confidential on request.
“"We don't just implement the plan, we stay with you throughout the hold, so that every joiner, leaver, and liquidity event is handled without disrupting the programme."”
Aaron Roes, Founder, MIP DeskShort, focused articles on the real-world challenges of managing MIPs, written from hands-on experience with PE-backed businesses across Europe and the UK.
A plain-English guide to MIPs in private equity, how they work, how value is created for participants, and what every management team member should understand before signing.
After working across dozens of PE-backed programmes, the same errors come up time and again. None of them are complicated. All of them are avoidable.
Everyone has a piece of the responsibility, but nobody has the whole picture. The ownership gap that causes most MIP administration problems.