LAWYER PROFILE

Paul Scullion

UK 2026

Burness Paull

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A

Scotland

7 years ranked

About

Provided by Burness Paull

Career

Paul is a partner in the Corporate Finance team, advising clients across a broad range of sectors on corporate legal issues including mergers and acquisitions, group reorganisations, capital reductions and corporate governance. He also has extensive experience advising clients in both the public and private sectors on debt and equity investments.

Paul has also spent time on secondment to private equity firm BlueGem Capital Partners, during which he served as acting Legal Director.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Corporate/M&A - Scotland

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Paul Scullion is head of Burness Paull's corporate finance team. He shows aptitude for advising on domestic and cross-border matters relating to venture capital, as well as M&A and fund-raising transactions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He's very good - very sensible and very pragmatic.
Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Paul is a good operator: he's very confident and he delivers very promptly. He's a brilliant overarching manager of the corporate team.
Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
He has a lot of respect in the sector and he's known for being a collaborative and pragmatic lawyer.
Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the Legal Profession