Paul is a founding partner of the firm and retired from his practice in 2017. His practice for over 40 years was centered around business and corporate law, with a particular emphasis on the representation of clients in mergers, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. Transactions involved private as well as public companies, venture capital funds, financial institutions and family companies. A significant sub-specialty was the representation of health care institutions in strategic affiliations and M&A activity. Paul also advised legal entities and their governing bodies on governance issues and fiduciary obligation issues and represented senior corporate executives in their employment and severance packages.