Paula is an award-winning banking and finance lawyer with a broad depth of expertise acting for a sophisticated client portfolio including property investors, developers, financiers, private credit lenders, ASX listed corporates, sponsors, family offices and high net worth individuals. Paula acts on a wide range of banking and finance transactions including corporate finance, development and construction finance, acquisition finance, structured asset finance, distressed debt, infrastructure and project finance across a broad range of sectors and industries. Paula also has experience advising on corporate matters having been involved in a number of M&A transactions.
Paula not only brings deep expertise to her matters but is highly commercial, responsive and practical having been invited to spend several stints and secondments with international investment banks and financial institutions including Bank of America Merril Lynch, Westpac Institutional Bank (supporting the project finance team), HSBC Bank Australia and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited.
Paula is recognized in the industry having won numerous awards, including Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year for four consecutive years and the Women in Banking Finance (WiBF) Achievement in Professional Services Award. Paula was also the recipient of the WiBF/Turks Legal Scholarship to attend the “Women in Leadership Program” at the prestigious Darden Business School, University of Virginia, USA.
In recognition of her skill and expertise, Paula has been invited by her alma mater, UNSW’s School of Private and Commercial Law, Faculty of Law and Justice, to teach International Financial Law as a teaching fellow in the Master of Law and Juris Doctor programs.
Paula is also a member of the Starlight Children’s Foundation Advisory Board, and has a long standing commitment to helping others, having for many years worked with indigenous Australians in the outback, the Australian Red Cross and The Buttery on a pro bono basis.
Paula is passionate about the arts, loves to travel, explore new cultures, play sports, spend time with family and friends and have fun!
