Paul Hanley leads our business transactions practice in Denver, where he assists startups, small, and mid-market businesses with business law planning and transactions. Paul J. Hanley is a Partner with Spencer Fane LLP
Paul's corporate and commercial law practice involves mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt finance, corporate and partnership structuring, commercial loans, asset protection, family limited partnerships, secured transactions, UCC foreclosures, including strict foreclosures, tax planning, international structuring and transactions, and commercial transactions.
Paul has extensive experience with solar developers, public private partnership finance, international transactions, distributors, manufacturers and retailers in many different industries, including insurance, telecommunications, cycling, apparel, online retail, digital health, magazines, and publishing, as well as with various technology companies, real estate, and software developers.
Paul has a cumulative total of over 50 years of board and community leadership experience. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Sturm Financial Group, a bank holding company that owns ANB Bank, where he also serves on the audit committee. Paul has served on the Board of Education of the Cherry Creek School District, the Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges, the Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, and the Board of the Cunningham Fire Protection District. Paul has been publicly elected to governmental boards seven times, and he has over eight years of active experience on audit committees of organizations with over $500 million in assets. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.
