Aashish Barman, Jindal Global Law School, O.P Jindal University. ABSTRACT ESOPs have thus been described as “one of the strongest means to realign employee-shareholder interests to produce further innovation and startup- ism”. The paper critically compares the diverse regulatory approaches to ESOP structures in the two growing financial centres, India and Singapore, with regard to the contours within which employee equity is offered. The approach in India is largely prescriptive in nature,...