Paul has over 20 years’ experience advising across the built environment sector.
He is a Partner in our Commercial Real Estate Team.
He joined Birketts in 2018 having previously worked at a leading City firm. Paul is known for being responsive and commercial – a calm negotiator who gets things done.
Paul’s practice is broad, advising landlords, tenants, investors, residential and commercial developers and funders. In particular, he has expertise acting for institutional investors on higher-end acquisitions and pro-active asset management programmes across portfolios.
On the development side Paul has worked on long term redevelopments of individual buildings as well as much wider schemes for residential and commercial development, drawing in planning and construction expertise as appropriate. He has a depth of experience in strategic land and promotion agreements, options and overage agreements, acting for a number of our housebuilder clients. More recently he has been heavily involved advising on the land elements of a nationally significant infrastructure project.
Recent work highlights
- Advising on a long standing strategic land acquisition, promotion and development of a 69ha site for the residential development for up to 1250 new homes.
- Advising on a long standing strategic land acquisition, promotion and development of a 69ha site for the residential development for up to 1250 new homes.
- Advising on and leading a complex land acquisition programme involving multiple sites and stakeholders for development to facilitate a large scale and long term infrastructure project.
Experience & education
2018 Joined Birketts as a Partner
2002 – 2018 Ashurst LLP
1999 – 2001 College of Law, London
1996 – 1999 Oxford University
Paul is very efficient and hard-working, with strong attention to detail. He has an excellent understanding of our thought processes and knows how to run complex transactions.
Chambers [UK 2026]
