Paul McGrath > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Withers LLP Offices
20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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Paul McGrath
Work Department
Corporate department
Position
Paul is a partner in the corporate team.
He advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters. His work includes constitutional and governance issues, mergers and acquisitions,
demergers and general company law. Paul has extensive experience of corporate and group reorganisations, investment vehicles and commercial
contracts. He advises domestic and international companies and investors in a wide range of business sectors. His particular focus is on closely-held
businesses and their owners, be they entrepreneurs, families or family of(ces. Paul advises professional and investment partnerships, and individual
partners, on their partnership agreements. Paul also assists companies in creating employee share schemes and advises individual executives on their
equity entitlements.
Career
Trained Withers LLP; qualified into corporate department 1997; partner 2007. Co-edits the employee trusts section of ‘ Practical Trusts Precedents’. Contributor to ‘Business Families and Family Businesses – the STEP handbook for advisers’.
Languages
English
Memberships
Association of Partnership Practitioners.
Education
Portsmouth Grammar School; Brasenose College, Oxford University M.A. (Hons) Jurisprudence
Leisure
Walking, visiting historic buildings, watching cricket.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Withers LLP‘s growing London team draws praise from a range of clients for its ‘expertise’ and ‘knowledge’ across the pharmaceutical and life sciences, technology, hospitality, sport and luxury brands sectors. The practice is spearheaded by Paul McGrath, who has a particular focus on closely-held businesses and their owners, including entrepreneurs and families. Sarah Melaney is a tech specialist who has extensive experience advising high-growth companies and investors on investment rounds, scale-ups, exits and general corporate governance. The team has been strengthened by the arrival of Phil Robinson, who joined from Ignition Law Services Limited in September 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)