What they do
Bell Gully is a New Zealand law firm with offices in Auckland and Wellington. Its corporate team handles M&A, equity capital markets, private equity, takeovers and schemes for international investors, New Zealand businesses, private equity firms and infrastructure funds.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Specialties
- Energy and renewables, Food and beverage, Forestry and agribusiness, Health, Infrastructure, Insurance, Media and entertainment, Real estate, Digital and technology
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$330m, from A$27m to A$400m
- Clients
- Investors and funds, Private equity, Corporates
- Places served
- NZ
- Founded
- 1840
From bellgully.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /, /expertise/corporate/
Deals
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| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) | Retail International Holding S.A.S. (Worldline) | Cuscal | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Cuscal (acquirer) | Completed | 27.0 | Payments and fintech | BofA Securities (buy-side) | Cuscal acquisition of Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) |
| Feb 2026 | Genesis Energy | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | – | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Jarden (lead manager)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (issuer) | Genesis Energy entitlement offer |
| Feb 2026 | Transport business of UGL | UGL | Sojitz | Stake | Legal adviser to Sojitz (acquirer) | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Sojitz stake in Transport business of UGL |
| Oct 2025 | easyauto123 and Carlins | Eagers Automotive | Mitsubishi | Stake | Legal adviser to Mitsubishi (acquirer) | Announced | – | Automotive | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Mitsubishi stake in easyauto123 and Carlins |
| Sep 2025 | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 400.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Morgans (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)CommSec (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (issuer)EY (issuer)Clayton Utz (lead manager) | Revolution Private Credit Income Trust IPO |
| Sep 2025 | Fonterra's consumer and associated businesses | Fonterra | Lactalis | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Lactalis (acquirer) | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Allens (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)Rothschild & Co (buy-side)Cameron Partners (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side) | Lactalis acquisition of Fonterra's consumer and associated businesses |
| Mar 2025 | MA Credit Income Trust | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 330.0 | Listed investment vehicles | MA Moelis Australia (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (issuer)KPMG (issuer) | MA Credit Income Trust IPO |
Listed on their website
- Advised Lactalis on its acquisition of Fonterra's global Consumer and associated businesses
- Advised Nippon Life on its US$8.2bn acquisition of Resolution Life Group Holdings US$8.2bn
- Stonepeak's acquisition of Arvida by scheme of arrangement
- Advised Chemist Warehouse on its merger with Sigma Healthcare
- Advising Contact Energy on its proposed acquisition of Manawa Energy
- Advised FountainVest on the acquisition of Ziwi
- Advised Bentley Systems on its US$1.05bn acquisition of Seequent Holdings US$1.05bn
- Advised Jarden on the merger forming FirstCape Group
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Offices and contact
Contact
- Website
- bellgully.com ↗
- info@bellgully.com
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- Auckland Level 14 Deloitte Centre, 1 Queen Street, 1010 +64 9 916 8800 Office page ↗
- Wellington Level 4 Bell Gully Building, 40 Lady Elizabeth Lane, 6011 +64 4 915 6800 Office page ↗