Paul has acted for large corporates regionally, nationally and internationally and has developed a particular expertise in the energy sector, providing legal support and advice to oil and gas companies in New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia.

Paul has provided primary legal support for Port Taranaki, the Taranaki District Health Board and the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki for over 20 years. He is also a member of the New Zealand Chapter of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.

Paul has in recent years been involved in a variety of projects including:

• 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.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Paul is an Honorary Life Member of the Taranaki Cancer Society, having been the President for a number of years and a former Chairman of the Relay for Life Committee. Paul is a former President of Taranaki Marriage Guidance (now Relationship Services) and was a Trustee of the Taranaki Velodrome Trust, which has brought to Taranaki a state of the art Cycle Park incorporating a road circuit and velodrome.

Paul enjoys cycling, golf, going to the gym and spending time with family.

Alice has a broad range of property and commercial law experience. She has worked with all manner of clients from a national infrastructure company, oil and gas corporates, property developers and farmers through to local entrepreneurs and business owners and residential home buyers and sellers. She has developed particular expertise in property rights and interests, including land access agreements, easement agreements, commercial leases, subdivisions, and residential and commercial sales and purchases. In acting for you, Alice focuses on getting to know you and your business. She strongly believes that developing a good working relationship with her clients is first and foremost.

Alice's experience includes:

• Acting for a variety of home buyers and sellers.
• Assisting commercial clients with leasing, commercial property sale and purchases, shareholder and partnership agreements
• Assisting farming clients with buying and selling farms, rural leases and succession planning
• Providing legal support and advice to oil and gas companies in New Zealand and Australia.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Alice enjoys spending her spare time with her husband, her two young children, and her friends. She appreciates good food and keeps fit by running. Alice is a board member of the Taranaki Hockey Federation.

Lauren enjoys mountain biking, skiing and travel but generally spends most of her spare time as Mum to her young sons. She is a keen supporter of the arts and New Zealand music and a self-confessed "foodie". 

Lauren is a highly respected lawyer, specialising in environmental and local government law, construction law and civil litigation.
 
Lauren has been involved in a variety of environmental and local government matters throughout her career. She has a broad client base and acts for local and regional authorities, individuals and families, national corporations, local businesses, iwi and PSGE, and community organisations. Her key areas of practice include:

• assisting to draft and provide advice on district and regional plan provisions; 
• project management of resource consent projects, including; with respect to large residential and coastal subdivisions; commercial developments and industrial facilities;
• minerals and petroleum development, including assisting to obtain consents for offshore installations in the coastal marine area and EEZ and with respect to access arrangements and iwi consultation; 
• acting for affected parties in opposition to consent applications;
• advising on all aspects of the Resource Management Act and Local Government Acts; 
• assisting iwi to development environmental plans, strategies and guidelines;
• assisting developer clients to formulate and implement consultation strategies;
• appearances and advice with respect to Council Hearings, Environment Court, High Court and Board of Inquiry processes;
• prosecution and enforcement; and
• assisting to draft and providing advice on local government policies and bylaws, including; Local Alcohol Policies, Gambling Policies and Development Contribution Policies

Lauren also regularly acts for our construction clients and has considerable experience in building law and with respect to construction contract disputes and weathertight homes claims.
 
Lauren’s civil litigation experience includes appearances in the District Court and High Court involving a range of contractual disputes, lease and property disputes, debt recovery, and judicial review proceedings. She is a skilled negotiator and enjoys helping clients to find the best solutions possible to resolve disputes quickly and cost effectively. 

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Lauren is the founding member of the Taranaki branch of the Resource Management Law Association (and past president and secretary) and the honorary solicitor of the Friends of the Govett Brewster/Len Lye Centre and of Heritage Taranaki Incorporated. She is also a trustee on the Moturoa School Board of Trustees.

Lauren enjoys mountain biking, skiing and travel but generally spends most of her spare time as Mum to her young sons. She is a keen supporter of the arts and New Zealand music and a self-confessed "foodie". 

Troy specialises in general civil and commercial litigation and employment law. He worked in the United Kingdom for the London office of a large US national commercial law firm and a top 100 UK firm. He has also worked for a large commercial national firm based in Auckland.
Troy has an extensive background in general civil and commercial litigation, including breach of contract, employment, insolvency, property law, debt recovery, and company law disputes. Troy also regularly appears in the Maori Land Court dealing with Maori land and governance issues for Maori organisations.
Troy also advises on day-to-day employment issues, developing employment policies and implementing disciplinary procedures (and conducting disciplinary meetings). He has advised a number of Maori organisations in this regard.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Troy regularly provides pro bono legal work to a number of community organisations and charitable trusts. He is also a Trustee on the Parihaka Papakainga Trust

Rebecca has been involved in a range of resource management and local government matters throughout her time at GQ and her career, including:

•    Assisting local authorities to draft and providing advice on district and regional plan provisions;
•    Advising submitters on a number of district and regional plan reviews;
•    Project management and strategic advice with respect to resource consent and plan change applications;
•    Advising and representing parties affected by resource consent applications;
•    Advising clients with respect to National Policy Statements, National Environmental Standards and National Planning Standards;
•    Advising and representing clients with respect to marine consent applications under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act;
•    Appearances and advice with respect to Council hearings, Environment Court, High Court and Board of Inquiry processes; 
•    Assisting to draft and providing advice on local government policies and bylaws;
•    Advising on all aspects of the Resource Management Act and associated legislation and regulations. 
  
Rebecca also advises both employers and employees on employment law matters including individual employment agreements, workplace change processes, personal grievances, and represents clients in disciplinary meetings, mediations and hearings before the Employment Relations Authority.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Outside of work, Rebecca is kept on her toes by her young daughter and a house full of animals. When she gets the chance (and the weather cooperates) Rebecca enjoys spending time at our glorious beaches, making the most of New Plymouth's thriving café scene or relaxing behind a good book. 

She is a past and present Chair and co-chair of the RMLA (Resource Management Law Association) Taranaki Branch.

While previously being heavily involved in our Personal Planning team Bea now focuses her efforts on her corporate and commercial work, specifically commercial contracts, energy, overseas investment & property law. Below are some examples of Bea’s recent work:

• Energy: Bea has had a significant amount of experience providing advice and legal support to both national and international Energy corporate. This has involved advice surrounding oil and gas permit management and compliance, risk management, contract review and drafting, and a period on secondment as in-house counsel for an on-shore drilling campaign.
  
  
• Overseas Investment: Bea has developed an area of legal expertise in relation to the New Zealand overseas investment regime. Bea has advised both private and corporate clients on overseas investment in New Zealand property and business assets. This has included advice regarding whether the consent requirement is triggered, as well as the requirements and processes for overseas investment applications. Bea has been involved in the preparation of, and advice surrounding, a successful overseas investment application for a large corporate client, in relation to a business asset acquisition.
  
  
• Commercial and residential property: Commercial and residential property work formed the foundations of Bea’s legal practice. She has been involved in matters relating to commercial leases and property acquisitions, refinancing arrangements (including corporate restructuring) and residential sales and purchases.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Though she grew up in Wellington, New Plymouth has been home for Bea since 2017. Her love for fashion means she’s regularly found scouring op-shops all around the Taranaki region on the hunt for vintage gems. Otherwise Bea can be found with friends enjoying New Plymouth’s local coffee spots and beach scenes, or planning her next overseas escapade.

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, assets and company shares, 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.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Cam enjoys spending time with his friends and family. He considers himself a foodie and enjoys exploring the menu of local cafés and restaurants.

He also likes to balance the food and drink with keeping active and as much golf as he can fit in to his spare time.

Helen specialises in corporate and commercial law. Prior to joining GQ, she had a number of in-house counsel roles in large corporates in Auckland, most recently at Genesis Energy. She has expertise across a range of corporate and commercial areas of law, including commercial contracting, corporate governance, IT and intellectual property. Helen also has specialist experience in the energy sector that Taranaki is so well known for.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Having recently relocated from Auckland, you will usually find Helen out exploring the Taranaki region with her partner and young son. She also enjoys checking out the local coffee and food outlets, walking her dog, and reading a good book (especially a classic).

After kickstarting her career as a Research Assistant and Chief District Court Judge’s Clerk in Wellington, Bayley returned to her roots in the Taranaki region in 2018 and delved into general practice. This saw Bayley in the realms of family law, personal planning, commercial, property and other areas. As part of her general practice role, Bayley most regularly appeared in the Family Court, but she also represented clients in Māori Land Court, District Court, Tenancy Tribunal and Court of Appeal cases.

Bayley has also assisted with matters related to resource consent applications, private plan changes and district plan reviews, drafted submissions on central government legislation and assisted with legislative reform.

In joining our Litigation Team, Bayley shifted her focus to her key areas of interest – resource management and civil disputes. Her broad experience and strong research expertise assists Bayley with easily understanding and advising on different legal issues.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Bayley is committed to making a positive impact on her community and preserving our local environment. She actively contributes to the Taranaki Kiwi Trust, where she has served on the board since 2020 and was appointed chairperson in 2023. In addition to her environmental governance work, Bayley frequently participates in local musical theatre productions, showcasing her passion for the arts.

Beth specialises in corporate property support, with a particular focus on subdivisions and development. Beth's expertise also lie in residential conveyancing, refinancing, enduring powers of attorney, and wills. She particularly enjoys assisting first home buyers.

Outside of Govett Quilliam

Beth loves spending time with her family and friends, and getting outdoors to find new places to explore. She also enjoys a wide range of sports, and plays social netball and basketball.