Paul Turner, Co-Partner in Charge of Sutherland’s Houston office, is a Partner in Sutherland’s Energy and Environmental Practice Group, where he focuses his practice on the fast-changing and evolving energy and commodity markets—principally the physical and financial trading of energy commodities. He has been involved in the regulatory and commercial restructuring of the energy industry and the ongoing changes to the physical, futures and derivatives markets. Paul serves as chair of Sutherland’s Energy and Derivatives Creditors’ Rights Team. He is a core member of the Chambers-listed Derivatives Team and is listed by The Best Lawyers in America for derivatives law (2007-2012). He was recognized as Best Lawyers’ 2012 Derivatives and Futures Law: Lawyer of the Year for Houston. He also serves on Sutherland’s Regulatory Reform Task Force, where he tracks the implications and implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Over the past several years, Paul has played a key role in significant litigation and commercial matters related to commodity contracts, forward contracts and derivatives for major energy companies and REPs. He has represented numerous clients in some of the largest energy company bankruptcies, including the bankruptcies of Lehman, The SemGroup, Enron, Mirant and NEGT Energy Trading (formally PG&E Energy Trading). He has also advised energy companies in numerous transactional issues and has worked on the sale of energy-related companies, assets and portfolios - including for trading companies and REPs. Paul also advises clients on inquiries and investigations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).