Paula Skinner > Harper Macleod LLP > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Harper Macleod LLP Offices
CITYPOINT, 65 HAYMARKET TERRACE
EDINBURGH
EH12 5HD
United Kingdom
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Paula Skinner
Position
Partner
Paula is head of the entrepreneurial team at Harper Macleod that focuses on advising entrepreneurs on all legal aspects of their business. Her personal specialism is advising entrepreneurs on corporate transactions such as investments (including equity crowdfunding), acquisitions/disposals and restructures. She works with businesses at all stages of their life cycle – from inception of idea to funding to exit. Paula previously worked in-house at a venture capitalist and within the investment team at Scottish Investment Bank. Her team completed over 186 transactions over the past 3 years, 74 of them being equity investments and 27 being M&A transactions. You can review some of the deals Paula and her team have been involved in at our up-to-date corporate deals table.
Paula has in the past participated in an entrepreneurship course by Babson College at the University of Strathclyde.
Education
LLB Dip LP
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
(Leading partners)Harper Macleod LLP ‘has a tight knit team that works closely together to give a first-rate service’ to a broad range of large and listed businesses seeking counsel on domestic and cross-border M&A and other corporate transactions. The firm receives a steady stream of instructions from the public sector and has also seen an uptick of work in the tech, health, life sciences and finance sectors. Team lead Donnie Munro advises across M&A, PE, joint ventures and group reorganisations, while Paula Skinner is a leading figure in the firm’s early stage growth offering. Chris Kerr has wide sector breadth and is reputed for his family office work, while James MacGregor has recently been active on M&A, exits and reorganisations. Jo Nisbet provides corporate and commercial capabilities to high-growth companies, and Stephen Chan handles corporate and corporate finance instructions, while Scott Kerr acts on both M&A and IP mandates. Ross Hampsey, Rachel Miele and Paul MacDonald are also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow Scotland > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer
- Public sector > Parliamentary and public affairs
- Insurance > Personal injury: defender
- Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Projects
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Planning
- Public sector > Education