Harper Macleod LLP

Harper Macleod LLP

Lawyers

Paula Skinner

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

Mentions

Corporate and commercial • Scotland

Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow

Leading partner