Paul Cliff > Gateley Legal > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Gateley Legal Offices
ONE ELEVEN
EDMUND STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2HJ
England
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Paul Cliff
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Paul specialises in mergers & acquisitions in the private and public company arena, capital markets work and public company advisory work.
He has many years’ experience of working at the very highest levels of industry and commerce and always offers down-to-earth, pragmatic advice no matter how complex the transaction. Paul is a member of the Legal Experts Group of the Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) and heads the firm’s capital markets group.
Career
Trained Edge and Ellison (formerly Hammonds and now Squire Sanders); qualified 1988. Partner Hammonds 1996-2002; Midlands head of corporate 2000-02; partner Gateley 2003 to date.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Legal Experts Group of the Quoted Companies Alliance.
Education
Spondon School, Derby; Lancaster University (1982-85 LLB Hons law); College of Law, Chester (1986).
Leisure
Paul enjoys running (regularly takes part in half marathons and other long-distance runs), golf, cricket, swimming, football, theatre.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
Steered by Birmingham corporate head Tom Rush, Gateley Legal is instructed by a wide array of corporates for its capabilities in cross-border M&A and reorganisations. Paul Cliff, national head of the equity capital markets practice, continues to handle mid-market transactions for clients in the consumer goods, life sciences, and insurance sectors, among others. Andrew Cowan, head of transaction services, regularly works with a host of owner-managed businesses, PE houses, and corporates – most recently in the professional services and healthcare sectors. Recent highlights for Max Moore, who joined the practice from Gowling WLG in April 2022, include multi-million-pound deals working with national property developers. Former practice head Tom Durrant left to join Squire Patton Boggs in January 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Environment
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Pensions
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation