Paul McCannah

Legal Project Manager on a significant national public sector enquiry, coordinating various workstreams across a large legal team including scoping, resourcing and budget proposals, client reporting etc.

Acting, as the lead corporate lawyer, for blue chip corporate clients and SME/owner-managed businesses in delivering significant client projects and transactions, project managing and advising on multiple legal workstreams across various legal teams in the firm including acting for CARE Fertility, the largest independent provider of fertility services in the UK, on implementing its acquisition strategy of numerous clinics across the UK.

Acting, as the lead corporate lawyer, for private equity houses and management teams of SME/owner managed business in delivering complex and time-pressured corporate transactions, managing large legal teams across a number of specialisms including acting for database managed services business DSP on its private equity investment from YFM Equity Partners.

Seconded to the Browne Jacobson Academies team as part of a significant firm project acting for various primary and secondary schools to deliver corporate aspects of their conversion from maintained schools to academies working to strict Department for Education deadlines as part of the Government academy conversion strategy.

Completed a secondment to Babcock Defence Services as in-house lawyer advising on a range of legal matters including significant support service contracts with the Ministry of Defence.

Acting, as the lead corporate lawyer, on various domestic and cross-border joint ventures and corporate reorganisations involving multiple stakeholders, complex legal issues and tight delivery timeframes.

Acting for various further education colleges in leading the delivery of legal due diligence projects in relation to proposed college mergers.