Paul Cooper

Paul is a Managing Partner based in our Canary Wharf, London office. He specialises in business restructuring and turnaround, with extensive experience in restructuring complex property workouts and assignments across the leisure, technology, retail and financial services sectors.

Paul has over 15 years of experience handling complex restructuring assignments, particularly cases involving high value assets. He acted as court-appointed receiver of Blackpool Football Club and associated assets. He acted as receiver and managed the sale of a £81 million commercial office block in London’s West End as part of a complex receivership involving sanctions legislation.

He acted as joint administrator of three large fractional sales developments of over 1,000 residential and student accommodations across Manchester and Liverpool. He acted as receiver and managed the sale of a £25 million property and mews in Belgravia and receiver of a £20 million super prime Marylebone property.

He has a background in chartered accountancy, investment banking and equity funding, and he is a fixed charge receiver and a securities and financial derivatives representative.

Prior to joining BTG, Paul gained experience as a partner at a well-respected business advisory consultancy in the corporate insolvency and restructuring division. He is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner and a Chartered Accountant.

Prior to being a licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Paul spent 15 years in investment banking, holding senior managerial positions in the equity cash and derivative divisions at a multinational investment bank. He also acted as a managing director in European equities and at one of the largest banking and financial services groups, where he was global head of cash trading, head of emerging market equities and a member of the global equities management committee.