Max Junestrand, founder and CEO of Swedish legaltech Legora, has said the UK's approach to employee stock options makes expanding in London a "no-brainer" for the scaleup.
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September 30, 2026
Legora CEO: UK stock options make London expansion a ‘no-brainer’ — but Sweden is ‘almost impossible’
Max Junestrand says taxation of employee equity across Europe makes it ‘impossible to actually scale here’
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Eleonora Leemhuis
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Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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