Paul Dougherty

Paul joined Cameron Partners in Wellington in 1996.  In 2000 he moved north and established the firm’s Auckland office.  He has led Cameron Partners teams across a wide variety of M&A transactions and capital management mandates.  Paul has particular expertise derived from advising several New Zealand cooperatives in regard to evolving capital structure.  He has also led many high-value, complex negotiations on behalf of clients.  These have covered long term energy contracts, commodity supply contracts, outsourcing arrangements and PPP contracts.

Prior to joining Cameron Partners, Paul was a senior executive at Telecom New Zealand where he was responsible for international business development.  Paul has a BCom and post-grad diploma in commerce from the University of Otago and an MSc (Finance) with Distinction from the University of London.

Selected assignments and transactions include advising:

• Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) on the US$300m financing of the SXNext undersea cable
• Tilt Renewables on the unsolicited takeover from Infratil and Mercury
• WINC Australia and Platinum Equity on the sale of WINC New Zealand
• Zespri Group Limited in relation to valuation and share issuance and buyback proposals
• HEB Construction on the sale of the business to VINCI Construction
• TR Group on a partial sale, equity raising and the establishment of new syndicated debt facilities
• The Board and Shareholders of Foodstuffs Auckland and Wellington in relation to their merger
• Fletcher Building on the sale of its subsidiary company Corys Electrical
• The Directors of The Warehouse on the acquisition of Noel Leeming Group
• Suncorp on the divestment of The New Zealand Guardian Trust
• Waterfront Auckland on the development of the Wynyard Quarter Precinct
• Fonterra on the development and IPO of the Fonterra Shareholders Fund
• Silver Fern Farms on changes to its constitution and shareholder/supplier policies