Innovative Legal Solutions

Paul Turner


Qualifications

BCOM, LLB (Otago)

Contact Details

331 Rosedale Road, North Harbour
PO Box 302 558
North Harbour
Auckland
New Zealand

Phone: +64 9 915 4380
Fax: +64 9 915 4389

Email:  paul.turner@davenportsharbour.co.nz

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Paul is a Commercial Law Specialist

Paul is a commercial lawyer with a broad background of experience across many areas of commercial and corporate law. 

In addition to his private practice experience in New Zealand, Paul also gained valuable experience as an in-house commercial lawyer in London for one of the UK’s largest banks and for NYSE Euronext, the world’s largest stock and commodities exchange group. 

Areas of Expertise

Business and share sales and acquisitions

Due Diligence investigations and advice (particularly Vendor Due Diligence)

Shareholder agreements

Commercial property

Company law

Banking and finance

Supply agreements, terms of trade and other commercial contracts

Liquor Licensing 

Recent Work

Completing a $41 million bank refinancing transaction

Advising a major NZ corporate on commercial aspects of the Emissions Trading Scheme

Purchase of bars and restaurants from a receiver

Negotiating supply contracts for a major IP project

Sale of a $2 million helicopter

Advising on purchase of franchised business

Advising on international product distribution arrangements

Negotiating revised sub-lease and franchise agreement arrangements for franchisee

Drafting international distribution agreements for a New Zealand manufacturer


News & Events
"Super Ministry" 09/05/2012
John Key has announced that Cabinet has agreed in principle to the merging of the Ministry of Economic Development, the Department of Labour, the... read more more
Proposed Changes to Consumer Credit Law 09/05/2012
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has released an exposure draft of a bill to amend the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003.  The... read more more
Law change to criminalise breaches of director’s duties! 29/02/2012
Following the recent (and highly publicised) finance company collapses, it has become apparent to many that the law presently lacks appropriate... read more more
Unit title owners – ensure that the Body Corporate holds an Annual General Meeting and attend it! 14/02/2012
The Property Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society has advised that it has come to their attention that some unit title Bodies Corporate are... read more more
Fire in premises. Landlord gave the wrong notice and was done for conversion of the tenant’s goods 19/09/2011
In the case of Birdwood Custodians v New Lynn Compliance Centre, a fire at the leased premises led to the landlord giving a notice... read more more
Request for Facebook Login Information - Employers Going to Far?
REQUEST FOR FACEBOOK LOGIN INFORMATION – EMPLOYERS GOING TO FAR? You may have been astonished to read in the news recently that employers in the... read more more
Charities and the liability of Trustees
A charitable trust begins like any other trust with the trustees liable in their own names as there is no identity different from themselves. To... read more more
PPSR – You need to use it!
It is now over a decade since the Personal Properties Security Register (“PPSR”) came into existence.  Despite it now being a... read more more
Is it worth spending all that money on a LIM?
It sure is!  In the Sunset Terraces Case*1 the Supreme Court suggested that a purchaser is “likely” to be found to have been negligent... read more more
Limiting Trustee Liability
  Trusts are not separate legal entities in their own right.  When trustees enter into contracts they are personally liable for all of... read more more