He has had an outstanding 21-year track record in advising on many of Australia's highest profile infrastructure projects including the current "Social Housing" PPP and "Franchising Sydney Ferries" project for the NSW Government, the NT Correctional Facilities PPP, the Mundaring Water Treatment Plant PPP, the SA Prisons PPP, the Melbourne Convention Centre Project, the Victorian Schools PPP and the SE Queensland Schools PPP – which won the Government Partnership Excellence Award at the National Infrastructure Awards.

He also has particular skill in the tertiary education sector, leading many large infrastructure and student accommodation projects for universities across Australia.

Paul’s expertise is widely recognised with respected independent guides consistently naming him a leading Australian lawyer in his field.

Education
BCom, LLB

• MinterEllison advised CIMIC subsidiary on solar project in Queensland
  

  MinterEllison has advised CIMIC Group’s subsidiary Pacific Partnerships on acquiring the development rights to a solar farm in a Queensland Renewable Energy Zone. 

• MinterEllison advises on the acquisition of Cobbora Solar Farm
  

  MinterEllison has assisted Pacific Partnerships Pty Ltd (Pacific Partnerships), CIMIC Group's investment arm, in acquiring the Cobbora Solar Farm—a 700MWac solar farm with a battery energy storage system (BESS) in NSW.

• Impacts of COVID-19 on purpose built student accommodation projects
  

  The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a significant toll on the short term health of occupancy based concession projects, none more so than purpose built university student accommodation (PBSA). Parties are urgently needing to understand how to respond to the current crises and how projects can remain viable.

• Cross Yarra Partnership signs contract to deliver Melbourne's Metro Tunnel Project
  

  MinterEllison has advised Cross Yarra Partnership, who has signed a contract to finance, design, construct and maintain the Tunnel and Stations Package as part of Melbourne's Metro Tunnel Project.