Two Liverpool legal professionals leave Prosperity Law and join the corporate team at Bermans. Tony McDonough reports

Partner Paul Edels and senior paralegal Paul Rabbette have left Prosperity Law to join the corporate team at the Liverpool office of Bermans.

Both specialise in advising clients in the healthcare sector. Paul Edels was head of corporate and commercial and head of healthcare at Prosperity. He has acted for buyers and sellers of dental practices on more than 100 transactions.

He has also advised on deals for pharmacies and children’s nurseries, as well as transactions involving manufacturing, insurance, property and construction businesses.

Alongside mergers and acquisitions, he acts for healthcare providers involved in disputes and litigation matters, and carries out commercial work including shareholder agreements, articles of association and contracts.

Before Prosperity Law, Paul worked at Goodman Grant Solicitors and then Acuity Law, which acquired the practice in 2022.

Paul Rabbette joined Goodman Grant Solicitors in 2013 as an apprentice business administrator then switched to become a paralegal. He moved to Prosperity Law in June 2023.

During his legal career he has advised on corporate transactions across a range of sectors, including dental practices, pharmacies, construction and hospitality businesses and children’s nurseries, as well as providing advice on litigation matters.

Since 2020 Bermans has been part of the MAPD legal group which also includes another Merseyside firm, Jackson Lees. In July LBN revealed MAPD had generated annual revenues of £23.2m and was looking for more acquisitions.

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Jon Davage, managing director of Bermans and the firm’s head of corporate, said: “The arrival of Paul Edels and Paul Rabbette bolsters our corporate offering in Liverpool, where we continue to work closely with the business and professional community.

“We are looking forward to welcoming further significant new arrivals over the next few months as we continue to grow all of our commercial teams with the backing of the MAPD Group.”