Corporate / Commercial / Technology
Wellington
9 JUNE 2025
- Market leading Corporate/Commercial team
- Top tier clients
- Collaborative team environment
Our market-leading corporate/commercial team is looking for an experienced senior lawyer with strong contracting experience to join our Wellington team. We will also consider candidates living in the Auckland region. Your contracting experience to date can be from any industry sector or speciality, including infrastructure, technology, construction, joint ventures and general commercial contracts.
This senior role will involve primarily working on significant national public sector projects. As a senior lawyer in a team advising on cutting edge PPP (Public Private Partnership) contracts, significant infrastructure projects and technology projects, you will be heavily involved in drafting and negotiations. You will join an established team at the top of the market and have opportunities to develop your legal skills and build relationships in an inclusive and supportive team environment.
Bell Gully is New Zealand’s leading law firm and was awarded Large Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards in 2024. However, more than that, we are a dynamic workplace where we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes for, and long-term relationships with, our clients, people and communities. We are committed to developing our people to achieve their best and are looking for like-minded aspirational people.
Experience and qualifications
In addition to a strong team culture, we offer a range of benefits and initiatives to support our people. These include:
We continuously work hard to ensure our workplace is inclusive, and trust that different experiences, perspectives, and values work together to achieve a better outcome. As such, this position is open to anyone with the qualifying skill set.
This senior role will involve primarily working on significant national public sector projects. As a senior lawyer in a team advising on cutting edge PPP (Public Private Partnership) contracts, significant infrastructure projects and technology projects, you will be heavily involved in drafting and negotiations. You will join an established team at the top of the market and have opportunities to develop your legal skills and build relationships in an inclusive and supportive team environment.
Bell Gully is New Zealand’s leading law firm and was awarded Large Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards in 2024. However, more than that, we are a dynamic workplace where we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes for, and long-term relationships with, our clients, people and communities. We are committed to developing our people to achieve their best and are looking for like-minded aspirational people.
Experience and qualifications
- 7+ years PQE, including private practice and/or in-house.
- Strong commercial contracting experience.
- Excellent commercial acumen and client service skills.
- Right to work in New Zealand.
In addition to a strong team culture, we offer a range of benefits and initiatives to support our people. These include:
- professional development opportunities, including through a personalised leadership programme;
- community support programmes;
- flexible work practices;
- an annual subsidy for health insurance and a range of wellbeing activities; and
- sports teams, an annual ball, regular team events and department weekends away.
We continuously work hard to ensure our workplace is inclusive, and trust that different experiences, perspectives, and values work together to achieve a better outcome. As such, this position is open to anyone with the qualifying skill set.