“Clients’ priorities come first. I like to get to know my clients and understand what is most important to them. Coming up with practical solutions and presenting them in a proactive, straightforward and timely manner is key to my client relationships and to delivering what my clients really want from their lawyer.”

Paul is a senior real estate lawyer with broad experience advising on varied aspects of commercial property for a diverse client base.

His particular experience lies in investment acquisitions and disposals, development work, leasing for landlords and tenants, security transactions and the provision of general property tax advice. His clients come from both the private and public sectors, and include pension funds and other property investors, property companies, developers, high-net-worth individuals, high-profile companies and PLCs with operational and occupational requirements and banks and other funders. Having worked for both landlords and tenants, Paul understands the requirements of both parties, where tensions may lie, and how to resolve them.

He is a member of the British Council for Offices, and of the Investment Property Forum Scotland.