Paula specialises in environment, planning and resource management law.
Paula advises clients on the resource management and environmental aspects of property developments, subdivisions, retail and infrastructure projects, land transport matters, due diligence investigations and Overseas Investment Act issues. She appears before local authorities and the Environment Court on various resource management matters, and advises on and prepares applications, submissions, appeals, references and other statutory and Court documents under the Resource Management Act. She is a member of the Resource Management Law Association.
Paula worked as an environmental attorney with Pillsbury Winthrop LLP in San Francisco before rejoining Chapman Tripp in 2005.
Recent experience
Paula's experience includes:
- advising the NZ Transport Agency (formerly Transit New Zealand) at both Council and Environment Court levels, on the resource management aspects of a number of roading projects including the proposed Vic Park Tunnel and the duplicate SH20 Manukau Harbour Crossing
- providing specialist advice to corporate entities on environmental due diligences (both purchaser and vendor), including coordinating environmental audits and reviewing relevant contract and warranty provisions
- advising The Warehouse in relation to development proposals in the Auckland region and with respect to the Local Government Auckland Amendment Act
- overseeing and managing the assessment of more than 200 properties for the resource management components of the Overseas Investment Act, and
- appearing for the Eden Park Trust Board at the Council hearing of its application for resource consent to redevelop Eden Park for the World Cup in 2011.