Paul Quinn serves as Co-Chair of Akerman’s Corporate Practice Group, a leading national team ranked by Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, and Chambers USA for excellence. With more than three decades of experience, Paul represents private equity funds and family offices, along with their portfolio companies, in leveraged acquisitions and dispositions, corporate governance, and restructurings. Paul also represents management teams in employment and compensation arrangements, and private equity and venture capital funds in minority growth equity investments. Ranked by Chambers USA, he is commended by peers who note that "he is very commercial in his negotiation style."
Enhancing his understanding of clients’ needs and businesses, prior to practicing law, Paul was a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen, where he provided auditing and tax services to clients in the healthcare, financial services, technologies, and manufacturing sectors.
Prior to joining Akerman, Paul was a partner in the Chicago office of an international law firm, where his practice focused on mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and private equity transactions.