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    Paul leads the Corporate and Commercial team. He graduated from the University of Essex before training and qualifying in London in 2009.

    Paul joined Ellisons in October 2010 and was promoted to Partner in 2016. In 2018, Paul and commercial property partner, Ross Wiltshire, opened the firm’s office in Chelmsford, Paul splits his time between the firm’s Colchester office and the Chelmsford office.

    Paul’s focus is the acquisition and disposal of private companies, regularly working on transactions with a deal value of £1m to £50m, that scope regularly includes management buy outs and transactions requiring tax driven restructurings prior to disposal. He also has expertise in acting for Administrators and Liquidators in the disposal of businesses from insolvency processes, regularly advising insolvency professionals alongside our specialist Insolvency Team.

    Paul has contacts throughout Essex and Suffolk that can assist with structuring transactions, finding a buyer, a target or finance.

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    Areas of Specialism
    • Corporate finance
    • Sales and acquisitions of private companies
    • Group re-organisations
    • Transactions arising from insolvency
    • Shareholder and partnership arrangements
    • Commercial contracts
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    Paul enjoys watching all sport but in particular football (Southend United), cricket and rugby.

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