Paula Smith

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About Paula Smith

I specialise in advising on a variety of partnership and LLP matters including formation, governance, conversion to both limited company and limited liabilty partnership, mergers and acquisitions, de-mergers, retirement and expulsion and personal duties and responsibilities. I advise on governance issues for both partnerships and LLPs including drafting partnership and members' agreements and advising on duties and responsibilities for both partners in a traditional partnership and members of an LLP. I am the author of The Limited Liability Partnerships Handbook (3rd Edition)(Bloomsbury Professional). I also advise SME clients and entrepreneurs on a wide range of issues including corporate structure, governance, mergers and acquisitions, de-mergers and disposals, restructuring, investment, joint ventures and shareholders' agreements and personal duties and responsibilities. I have experience in advising corporate charities and their trustees on issues such as incorporation and charity registration, governence, mergers, acquisitions and disposals, fundraising, secured lending, trading, charity commission investigations and personal duties and responsibilities.Specialties: Professional PracticesPartnerships Limited Liability Partnerships Corporate Advice Joint Ventures Charities