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Associate to Senior Associate -Corporate Auckland

Bell Gully
Auckland, Auckland
Full time
1 day ago
    Corporate
    Auckland

7 AUGUST 2025

  • Commerical Bay location
  • World class clients
  • Leading Corporate Partners
About the role

Bell Gully’s market-leading Corporate team is looking for experienced lawyers in our Auckland office.

As an intermediate or senior lawyer in the team, you will advise on a full range of corporate transactions, including public and private M&A, capital raisings, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and other complex transactions. You will work for a diverse group of local and international clients, including international private capital and infrastructure funds, and local and international listed companies, in a well-respected and inclusive and supportive team environment. The dynamics of the team, and work and client opportunities, will provide you with the platform to thrive and develop as a corporate lawyer, whether you’re moving within New Zealand or returning from offshore.

Recent recognition

Bell Gully’s Corporate team is consistently ranked as a Tier 1 Corporate practice as well as receiving several other accolades, including New Zealand's leading law firm for M&A (by deal volume) by international M&A league table publishers Dealogic in 2022 and Refinitiv in 2022 and 2024. Many of the team’s partners are also consistently recognised as leading Corporate lawyers.

Recent transactions

The Corporate team has led the New Zealand market in deal activity in the past 12 months. Among other key transactions, the team advised:
  • Contact Energy on its proposed acquisition of NZX-listed Manawa Energy through a court approved scheme of arrangement with an implied enterprise value of NZ$2.3 billion.
  • Stonepeak on its takeover of Arvida, which had an overall transaction value of $2 billion.
  • Ryman Healthcare on its $1.0 billion fully underwritten placement and accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer.
  • Suncorp on the sale of its Asteron Life business to Resolution Life for $410 million.
  • Jarden on its merger with JBWere NZ and BNZ Investment Services to create “FirstCape”.
Experience and qualifications
  • 5+ years PQE, including private practice and/or in-house.
  • M&A, capital raisings and other corporate transactions.
  • Strong technical knowledge, commercial acumen and client service skills.
  • Right to work in New Zealand.
About Bell Gully
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 excellence and developing our people to achieve their best and are looking for like-minded aspirational people.

Culture and benefits

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.
Please apply directly or contact Kelly Price HR Advisor on 09 916 8896 for a confidential discussion.
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