Cripps Harries Hall

Paul Lester

Partner

Paul Lester specialises in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships and LLPs. He has wide experience in the real estate sector, with specific expertise in structured property transactions, property funds and investment vehicles.

Expertise

  • Share sales/purchases
  • Business acquisitions/disposals
  • Partnerships and LLPs
  • Joint ventures
  • Joint ventures (property)
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Corporate finance
  • Fund raising
  • Company formation/administration
  • Contract

Career

  • Partner, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, 2012
  • Partner, Lawrence Graham LLP, 2004
  • Partner, Denton Wilde Sapte, 1997
  • Solicitor, Denton Wilde Sapte, 1995
  • Solicitor, Clifford Chance, 1988
  • Trainee Solicitor, Clifford Chance, 1986
  • Acting for a UK financial institution on the sale of a shopping centre by means of a transfer of a Jersey property unit trust
  • Acting for a listed property company on its joint venture with a developer through an LLP structure to exploit alternative energy opportunities
  • Acting for a German manufacturer on an EU cross-boarder merger of its UK and German operations
  • Acting for a property fund manager on a joint venture to hold investment and trading properties through a Scottish limited partnership
  • Acting for a pension company on the acquisition of a shopping centre into a Jersey unit trust/limited partnership structure
  • Acting for a UK listed technology company on its Class 1 acquisition of a US software company and simultaneous share placing to fund the acquisition
  • Acting for a UK institution on the floatation of a VCT
  • Acting for a quoted Premiership football club on a recommended takeover offer
  • Acting for a professional services firm on its conversion from a partnership to an LLP
Legal updates view all
+ Obstacle to UK cross-border mergers removed
The recent High Court decision in Re Itau BBA International Limited [2012] EWHC 1783 has corrected a statutory provision which had previously hindered the use of cross-border mergers involving UK companies.
 07/11/2012
+ HM Revenue & Customs applies company law to defeat implementation of tax saving scheme
The recent decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) inVardy Properties and Vardy Properties (Teeside) Limited v HMRC [2012] UKFTT 564 (TC) is a stark reminder that HMRC is prepared to examine areas of the law other than just tax in order to strike down tax saving schemes.
 01/10/2012
In the press view all
+ Senior appointment at Cripps Harries Hall
Cripps Harries Hall announces the appointment of Paul Lester as a partner in its corporate team.
31/07/2012