Paul Gilks
Partner - Corporate
Paul Gilks is a Corporate Partner with a long standing career at top City of London Law firms and is a recognised specialist in private equity and real estate finance work with a particular emphasis on entrepreneur-led growth businesses. He has longstanding client relationships with many connections at CEO and NED level.
Paul mainly advises on international and UK mergers and acquisitions, private equity and the licensing and protection of intellectual property for clients in the technology, media, real estate and retail sectors. He also has experience of acting on banking and financing transactions.
Paul’s clients include private equity investors, management teams, US corporations and companies that have expanded their business by acquisition in Europe.
He has acted on many management buyout transactions and venture capital investments, particularly technology investments, for both the investor and the management team. He is also experienced in the hotels and leisure sector.
He is the current contributor to the Private Equity section of Sweet & Maxwell's Practical Commercial Precedents (which he has done since 1992) and was for many years the contributor to the Management Buyout section of Sweet & Maxwell's Commercial Transaction Checklists (1997 - 2013).
"A trap for the unwary - drafting an anti-embarrassment clause" - Expert Briefing - Financier Worldwide, August 2015
"Will the increasing use of Warranty insurance herald a change in M&A practice?" (authored jointly with Una Deretic - PLC Equity and Venture Capital Guide, June 2015)
"Technology Investment - Latest Developments" (Lexology, December 2012)
"Pre-pack administrations - rule changes face trouble" (quoted, Law Society Gazette, November 2011)
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Article | Posted: 1 May 2022"Paul has been the corporate legal partner I have turned to for all of my commercial legal needs for many years. He has overseen a full range of legal work including management of private shareholers, re-financing and corporate re-structuring; all normal employment matters, including service agreements, share option schemes, redundancies etc.; property work, including new leases, rent reviews and dispute litigation; and most recently he has provided wise advice in establishing shareholder agreements for a digital start-up company.
In all of this work Paul has always provided the highest standard of service. He has expert and in-depth knowledge; is attentive to detail and deadlines; has deep commercial understanding and he is able to offer creative thinking and solutions. He has also always been mindful to offer fair value for money. He is very personable and supportive and it is therefore a pleasure to work with him."
Douglas Schatz, Founder and Host at the Play Podcast
Contact Details
+44 (0)7816 164 334
Jurisdictions
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England & Wales,
Specialisms
M&A and private equity, predominantly in the technology, media, real estate and retail sectors
Qualifications
Career
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