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Paul Saunders
Position: Chief Executive
Area(s) of Expertise: Commercial
Date joined: 1994
Email: pauls@n-v.co.uk
Direct Dial: (024) 7623 4207
Background
Qualifying in August 1989, Paul has developed a specialism in acting on behalf of commercial organisations and institutions on a quasi in-house basis. Refining and setting up departments to service the legal needs of the clients he has set up and run most aspects of commercial organisational legal requirements. This includes the initial setting up and conduct of the work for Touchstone Housing Association.
Expertise
Paul's role is designed to serve the business needs of commercial organisations ensuring that the legal services provided by the Firm are tailored to fit their specific requirements. Paul places great importance in getting to know a client's business to ensure that its needs are met in an effective, inexpensive and timely manner.
Working with teams in the Firm, Paul has set up specialist departments to deal with Housing Association requirements, mainstream Mortgage Lender representation. The European arm of 2 large American Corporation's legal representation is handled from the firm's offices, which locally gives the firm a unique level of experience in European wide large scale legal work. Further, the UK Company Secretarial and commercial requirements for 50 registered Companies are administered from the specialist Company's Secretarial Department headed by Paul, running the blue print administration system.
On a day to day basis Paul's specialises in corporate work with an emphasis on commercial contracts, the review of Terms and Conditions and proactive legal training.
Much of Paul's time is spent at the client's premises liaising between the client and the teams at the Firm to ensure that the services we deliver meet the client's needs. This has resulted in, for example, specialised billing packages, monthly retainer packages and the facility to have seconded employees for specific tasks.
Paul is currently the Chief Executive of the firm and is keen to see the practice move with a quickly changing market place to ensure that the IT systems and work areas within the firm are some of the most advanced in the region.
Personal
Paul is keen on fitness and a regular at the gym. His weekends are filled with Sailing the south coast of the UK or travelling.
