Paul Randall

Paul Randall

Senior Counsel
London

Email paul.randall@​hoganlovells.com

Phone +44 20 7296 5933

Fax +44 20 7296 2001

LanguagesEnglish

Practice groupCorporate & Finance

"Very knowledgeable about his subject area" and "a realist who provides sound advice and counsel."

Chambers UK, 2020

Paul Randall is a senior counsel in our Employee Share Incentives team.  He brings nearly 30 years of City experience.  Over this time, he has advised numerous UK and overseas companies, listed and unlisted, on the corporate, tax and regulatory aspects of the design, implementation and operation of domestic and multi-national employee share plans, employee benefit trusts and executive remuneration.  He has also advised in the context of many corporate transactions, including IPOs, takeovers, reverse takeovers, buyouts and general M&A.

Paul is chairman of the Corporate and Regulatory Committee of the Share Plan Lawyers Organisation and a member of the editorial board of Executive Compensation Briefing.

Awards and recognitions

2020

Hall of Fame, Employee Share Schemes
Legal 500

2020

Employment: Share Schemes & Incentives
Chambers UK

Education and admissions

Education

King's College London

The University of Law

Memberships

City of London Lawyers

ESOP Centre

Global Equity Organisation

ifsProshare

Law Society

Share Plan Lawyers

Related industries

Aerospace and Defense Automotive Consumer Diversified Industrials Education Energy and Natural Resources Financial Institutions Insurance Life Sciences and Health Care Real Estate Technology & Telecoms

Related practices

Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, and Share Incentives

Related areas of focus

Business critical restructuring: pension issues Business Restructuring and Tax Buy-ins and Buy-outs Buy Outs Capital Markets and Tax Company Formation Compensation Committee Corporate and Commercial Transactions Corporate Group Structures Initial Public Offerings Institutional Investors International Regulatory Compliance International Tax Planning M&A and Tax Management Incentive Plans Infrastructure/Energy M&A and Joint Ventures Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds Securities and Financial Regulatory Advice Stock and Cash Based Incentives Stock Exchange Listings and Regulatory Compliance Trustee Good Decision Making Corporate Trusts

Representative experience

Advising Time Out Group on their IPO

Advising Virgin Media on their merger with Liberty Global

Advising SABMiller on their merger with ABInBev

Advising SoftCat on their IPO

Advising Cambian Group on their IPO

Advising Domino Printing Sciences on their acquisition by Brother Industries

Advising Atlantis Resources on their IPO

Advising Xchanging on multiple hostile bids

Advising Vectura on their acquisition of Skypharma

Advising Markit on their IPO

Advising Aveva on their proposed reverse takeover by Schneider Electric

Advising Merlin Entertainment on their IPO

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