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Addleshaw Goddard LLP

MILTON GATE, 60 CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, EC1Y 4AG, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7606 8855
Fax:
Fax 020 7606 4390
DX:
47 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.addleshawgoddard.com
Email:
Manchester, London EC3M, London EC1Y, Leeds

Paul Devitt

Tel:
Work +44 20 7880 5540
Email:
Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Work Department

Company and corporate finance

Position

Managing partner of the firm. Corporate partner specialising in M&A and corporate finance. Paul’s transactions include: The Co-operative Group’s £1.65bn acquisition of Somerfield; British Airways’ disposal of BA Connect.

Career

Articled Turner Kenneth Brown; qualified 1988; Turner Kenneth Brown 1986-91; Freshfields 1991-93; Addleshaw Booth & Co (now Addleshaw Goddard) 1993-95; partner 1995 to date.

Education

Barrow in Furness Grammar School for Boys; Bristol University (1985 LLB).

Leisure

Family, sport, wine.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; M&A

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