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Paul Kelly
Work Department
KPMG Law
Position
Director
Career
Paul is a corporate lawyer in the KPMG Law team. He specialises in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international group reorganisations and equity incentives. His clients include leading multinational and national corporates, entrepreneurs and management teams.
Paul has extensive experience of delivering legal services as part of multi-disciplinary team at KPMG and regularly works closely with colleagues from our tax, corporate finance and consultancy businesses.
He brings a wealth of experience and pragmatism to corporate transactions, helping clients minimise risk and protect value. Clients praise his commercial and highly responsive approach and value him as a trusted business adviser.
Education
Law LLB, University of Sheffield
Legal Practice Course (LPC), College of Law
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
KPMG Law is home to a diverse corporate practice handling high-stakes M&A, business reorganisations and tax advisory work. The firm’s client base includes a mix of multinational PLCs, private companies and businesses founded in the north west. Paul Kelly works on cross-border M&A and structuring projects for entrepreneurs and multinational companies. He co-leads the team with Edward Bartlett who focuses on corporate reorganisations and structuring projects.
London > Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
KPMG Law acts for top domestic and international companies on global restructurings and reorganisations, utilising integrated legal, consulting, accounting and tax advisory teams. The firm offers technological support on matters using its international business reorganisations delivery platform, which assists clients with the planning and implementation of reorganisations and has recently been used by a number of high-profile blue-chip clients. Richard Needham heads up the practice and is recommended for legal entity rationalisation programmes, separation transactions and global reorganisations, while Manchester’s Paul Kelly is a name for post-acquisition and integration matters. Tanvir Dhanoa is experienced in the financial services sector and director Ben Brafman advises on pre-sale spin-outs, integration projects and governance issues. Laura Fisher joined from Baker McKenzie in April 2023, while former practice head Richard Needham left the firm in December 2023.