Penny Paddle is a Corporate and Commercial lawyer with 30 years’ experience. Her focus is on SMEs, entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals. During her time in practice she has led numerous multi-million pound transactions and advised on group restructuring strategies (including share exchanges, reclassification and sub-division of shares) as well as advising on corporate governance generally. Whilst she is located in the South West, her practice includes national and international clients.
Penny has an entrepreneurial background, having set up her own law firm in the past as well as being involved in various commercial enterprises over the years. She therefore appreciates the challenges faced by business owners and likes to take a pragmatic and commercial approach to her law practice, particularly advising clients on cost-effective negotiating strategies. She is also well versed in ESG and assisting clients in updating their governance documents in order to fulfil their ESG responsibilities.
Penny has a great deal of experience in the hospitality sector, advising on sales and acquisitions of hotels, public houses, holiday parks and caravan sites and in the retail sector in respect of sales and acquisitions of convenience stores.
Penny also advises on fundraising, including private equity, crowdfunding, SEIS, EIS along with other general commercial matters such as intellectual property licensing or assignment and services agreements.
Penny originally qualified into the Corporate team of City of London law firm, Rowe & Maw (now Mayer Brown) in 1994 and subsequently spent some time working in-house for one of the GE companies, where she headed up the UK legal team for Europe, Middle East and Africa before going back into private practice again in 2004.
