Paul Browne > Burges Salmon LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
Burges Salmon LLP Offices
ONE GLASS WHARF
BRISTOL
BS2 0ZX
England
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Paul Browne
Work Department
Nuclear, Fusion and Real Estate Finance.
Position
Having been involved in the Firm’s management for 18 years, Paul now heads the Nuclear and Fusion real Estate Team, as well as the Real Estate Finance Team. In Nuclear and Fusion he acts for clients such as UKAEA, EDF and a variety of SMR Developers. In the Finance world, he acts on behalf of a wide range of funding institutions and insolvency practitioners, including HSBC, Puma, Bank Leumi, Metlife, Zorin and RBS and on funding, restructuring, enforcement and insolvency issues.
Career
Trained Alsop Wilkinson, London; qualified 1992; partner Burges Salmon 2000.
Languages
French
Memberships
NARA; R3.
Education
Attended Caldicot Comprehensive, Monmouthshire; University of Nottingham Trent (LLB Hons), Harvard (Managing Professional Service Firms).
Leisure
Family, skiing, music, gym
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
Bristol-based Burges Salmon LLP advises alternative lenders in the mid-market space, and is known for its strength in hotel, student accommodation and healthcare asset classes, which are the focus of its lead partner, Paul Browne. Fellow senior partner Richard Leeming has a long track record acting for the majority of the UK’s clearing banks as well as investment banks, debt funds and private banks.
South West > Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
Drawing superlative praise from clients, the ‘outstanding, well-led, and well-resourced‘ Burges Salmon LLP fields a deep team who are routinely instructed by high-profile occupiers, local authorities and public sector bodies on big-ticket mandates. The wider group is chaired by Richard Read, an ‘outstanding commercial property lawyer‘ who succeeded Paul Browne as practice head in May 2023. Philip Beer – highly experienced in redevelopment and regeneration projects – advises leading rail and real estate companies on major ventures, while transactional specialist Richard Clark’s recent engagements include high-value site developments and acquisitions for all manner of corporate clients. Ross Polkinghorne, who heads up the real estate sector team, is also well-versed in big-ticket regeneration projects, as well as in new mixed-use, industrial, and education sector developments. Amy Simpson is noted for her public sector acumen.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport