Paula Gurney

Paula Gurney is a seasoned business development professional with extensive experience in the legal and consulting sectors. Currently serving as a Business Development Manager at Shoosmiths since March 2021, Paula collaborates with serious injury, conveyancing, and charity law teams. Prior roles include Senior Business Development Manager at Leigh Day, where leadership spanned clinical negligence, personal injury, and regulatory law, as well as Senior Manager positions at Mazars UK, overseeing marketing and business development strategies for strategic markets and firms’ growth initiatives. Previous experience includes regional marketing roles at Mazars and Boodle Hatfield, and marketing responsibilities in management consulting at Newchurch & Company and London First. Paula holds a BA Hons in Marketing & German from Lancaster University.