Joint Enterprises

Paul has been a partner of Govett Quilliam since 1989 and has specific expertise in commercial law and in the oil and gas sector.

Expertise

• Being lead legal provider in joint venture and shared services agreements with oil and gas companies for support vessels and helicopter services
• Providing day to day legal support for an oil and gas exploration and production company operating a large offshore project in the Taranaki basin, on-shore projects in Western Australia and drilling explorations in Indonesia
• Establishing and developing a statutory compliance regime with a large insurance company for use by organisations within the tertiary education and health sectors and several ports throughout New Zealand
• Presenting at national conferences in respect of topics such as risk management, the changing face of rural law, the National Horticulture Sector on succession planning, the health sector on risks and responsibilities of rest home providers and the New Zealand Law Society Resource Management intensive on the oil and gas legislative interface.

Cameron (Cam) is a corporate and commercial lawyer who returned to Taranaki and joined GQ in 2020 after practicing in a national law firm based in Christchurch.

Expertise

Business & Company Sale and Purchase / Corporate Governance / Shareholder Arrangements / Energy

Cam is a specialist corporate and commercial lawyer with particular expertise in the sale and purchase of businesses and companies, shareholder arrangements, and drafting and reviewing of complex commercial agreements. Cam also advices on commercial leasing, employee share schemes and corporate governance.

Cam is experienced in advising large cross-border corporates through to start-ups and mum and dad companies wishing to sell shares to their children. His unique combination of experience from working in the energy sector for several years prior to becoming a lawyer, experience in legal private practice, and building his business acumen through secondment as in-house legal counsel to a large energy corporate client has matured a first-class ability to listen and understand issues that a client presents, and convert complex legal issues into digestible, pragmatic advice. 

Rochelle is an Associate in the Corporate and Commercial Team. Rochelle joined Govett Quilliam after five years at a law firm in Wellington where she worked as a law clerk and lawyer.

Expertise

Rochelle's work focuses on commercial structures and relationships, company law, corporate advisory, and governance advice. She undertakes commercial property transactions, drafting and reviewing commercial agreements, selling and purchasing businesses, shareholder disputes, and other matters. Rochelle’s broad experience in corporate and commercial law, employment law, privacy, and health and safety gives her a unique overview from which to provide thorough and pragmatic advice.

Rochelle also has several years’ experience specialising in employment law, health and safety, human rights, and privacy. She has advised small and large organisations, as well as individuals, on restructures and change management processes, disciplinary investigations, performance management, and has conducted workplace investigations. She has appeared in the Employment Relations Authority and taken complaints to the Human Rights Commission. Rochelle was previously a member of the Employment Law Committee of the Wellington Law Society.

Alice has been a Partner of Govett Quilliam since 2014 and has expertise in property, corporate and commercial law. Alice has used her expertise to provide specialist in-house support to several Oil & Gas Corporates.

Now she co-leads the Corporate and Commercial Team. Alice, together with her team, works hard to provide each client with a bespoke legal experience.

Expertise