Paul Burton is a Managing Associate in the Business and Trust Law Group in Jersey.  He has experience and expertise in conducting a wide range of corporate and commercial matters.  He joined Ogier in 2007 after practising at Clayton Utz, Australia.

Born and educated in Brisbane, Australia, Paul obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Queensland University of Technology.  Upon completing 5 years Articles of Clerkship, Paul was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia.  In October 2008, he was admitted as an English solicitor and in 2010 a Jersey Advocate.

Paul is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales and is a Justice of the Peace (C.Dec).

Key transactions include advising:

• Rio Tinto in connection with the divestment structuring and sale of its global packaging business to ASX listed Amcor Limited; more
• Jersey-domiciled consortium bid vehicles (including acquisition structuring, tax and associated transaction work) capitalised by:
• Heineken and Carlsberg, on the recommended cash offer (GBP 7.8bn, EUR 10.5bn, USD 15.5bn) by Sunrise Acquisitions Limited for UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle; more
• JPMorgan Asset Management and Australia’s Colonial First State on the successful by Northwest Electricity Networks (Jersey) Limited bid for United Utilities Electricity; more
• BT in the corporate migration of an investment vehicle to Jersey, including capital reorganisation work and circa GBP 3bn Eurobond listing on the CISX
• Thomson Reuters in connection with circa USD 5bn Eurobond listing on the CISX
• INEOS, Britain’s largest privately-owned company (approx. GBP 9bn) on the demerger of its Electrochemical Technology Business and as borrower in connection with its EUR 7bn facility financed by one of Europe’s biggest banking syndicates (circa. 230 institutions)
• Bank Hapoalim in relation to the syndicated facility used by its Israeli Real Estate client to finance co-investment in Jersey based/ Vienna listed property fund, Atrium European Real Estate Limited
• Barclays Capital, as special servicer to Propinvest’s lending portfolio secured against 35 UK commercial properties and Jersey investment vehicles
• A private Jersey Issuer establishing a USD 10bn SPV debt programme for the issuance of segregated series extendibles (with JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers Inc. as joint bookrunners)
• A private Jersey Issuer establishing a EUR 1bn balance sheet synthetic CLO debt programme (comprised by project finance loans in energy, power and the regulated utilities sector).
• INEOS, Britain’s largest privately-owned company (approx. GBP 9bn) on the demerger of its Electrochemical Technology Business and as borrower in connection with its EUR 7bn facility financed by one of Europe’s biggest banking syndicates (circa. 230 institutions); more
• Thomas Cook Group plc and The Co-operative Group on the Jersey-incorporated joint venture vehicle capitalised by Thomas Cook Group plc and The Co-operative Group.  The Jersey company is the vehicle for the proposed merger of the high street travel and foreign exchange businesses of each of these UK household names; more

Admitted in:
2010 - Royal Court of Jersey
2008 - Supreme Court of England & Wales (not practising)
2003 - Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia (not practising)
2003 - High Court of Australia (not practising)