Paul Bennett

FRSA LL.B. (Hons), Solicitor, Consultant

Corporate and Commercial

Legal Expertise

Advises on company and business sales and acquisitions, shareholder and investment agreements, corporate reorganisations, succession planning, refinancing and commercial agreements. Clear, strategic and authentic.

Deal Experience & Track Record

Has led on more than 250 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of £1bn over a career spanning more than thirty years. Deals often involve cross-border elements or private equity investment. Experienced in guiding clients through every stage of a deal, from heads of terms to completion.

Commercial Acumen

Noted for his commercial nous in addition to his legal skills, he is a non-executive director of a significant privately owned manufacturing group and a past president of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce. He also runs a management consultancy business and is an angel investor.

Practice areas

Paul is a Consultant in the Corporate team at Ansons. He has been ranked as an expert in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for many years, the later directory recognising him as a “Senior Statesperson”. He advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial work for owner-managed and family businesses, as well as overseas investors coming into the UK.

His practice spans mergers and acquisitions, company and business sales, corporate reorganisations, management buy-outs and buy-ins, and banking and finance work, together with shareholder, partnership and LLP arrangements and long-term succession planning.

Key Specialisms

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Mergers, acquisitions and disposals

Management buy-outs / buy-ins

Cross-border transactions and inward investment

Corporate reorganisations and group restructures

Shareholder agreements and investment documentation

Banking, security and finance arrangements

Joint ventures and strategic alliances

Business succession and exit planning

Experience

£250m+ of completed transactions

Advised on in excess of 250 corporate transactions over his career, principally for owner-managed and family businesses, as well as overseas investors acquiring UK companies.

Sale of independent insurance and financial services businesses

Acted for shareholders on the sale of a number of independent insurance brokers and financial services firms to national consolidators.

Healthcare and pharmacy deals

Advised on the sale and acquisition of multi-site pharmacy and healthcare businesses, including disposals to private-equity backed consolidators.

Telecommunications and technology transactions

Advised management teams and shareholders on the sale of telecoms and technology businesses, including the disposal of a telecommunications comparison company to a UK-backed competitor to create a major national provider.