Paul Hardman

Direct line: 0117 906 9448
Email: paul.hardman@glbusiness.co.uk

Paul is a corporate lawyer with 30 years’ experience advising owner managed and SME businesses.  In that time he has acquired and developed practical business experience and contacts and he now makes that knowledge and expertise available through GLBC.

In particular he offers:

• Advice on funding options and securing funding for high growth businesses;
• Planning for a change of ownership (succession planning) in particular where management buy out is an option;
• Assistance and advice on business and group company restructuring; and
• Strategic advice on shareholder disputes and business divorce.

Paul has an international outlook in particular he has in the course of numerous business missions to China, established high level governmental and business contacts in China. He is the company secretary and legal adviser to Bristol China Partnership (t/a Bristol and West of England China Bureau) and in 2012 lead the IoD’s mission to Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai.  Paul is also a director of Happy City Initiative, a charity aimed at promoting the importance of wellbeing.

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