Bell Gully

Bell Gully is independently recognised as New Zealand’s leading commercial law firm.

Bell Gully has a wide range of clients – from start-ups to multinationals, local and international, financial institutions and government agencies, across all industries use us as their trusted adviser. As a full service firm, our experience spans the spectrum of expertise our clients need. We deliver service to our clients through five key legal departments – corporate and commercial, banking and

finance, litigation, property and tax. Legal guides and directories consistently recognise Bell Gully as being New Zealand's leading firm. Most importantly, we are recognised by our clients for the calibre of our service, our legal expertise, our track record of delivering results and our business judgement.

03/02/2026

Big news to start 2026!
We’re thrilled to welcome Hannah Turton as our newest corporate partner at Bell Gully.
Join us in congratulating Hannah.

16/01/2026

Our Wellington summer interns spent the day spring cleaning, gardening, washing windows and filling the skip bin at Karori Plunket, one of our valued pro bono clients. It is a privilege to help this valuable community based organisation.

12/11/2025

2025 has been a year of growth at Bell Gully, and we’re looking forward to adding top talent in 2026 to contribute to our high calibre work.

If you’re a legal professional ready for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
Join our Auckland or Wellington teams, details on our careers page or link in bio.

https://www.bellgully.com/careers/current-opportunities/

20/10/2025

Congratulations to our partner, Anna Buchly, who has been appointed Chair of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel. Anna’s term commences today, 20 October 2025.

17/09/2025

In our latest thought leadership piece, The Big Picture Digital Tax, we explore a range of relevant New Zealand tax developments – from new platform economy GST rules to plans for an important update, to guidance on the tax treatment for cross-border software payments.

This resource may be helpful for offshore digital businesses and digital asset holders looking to stay across changes that could impact their tax position in New Zealand.

https://www.bellgully.com/insights/the-big-picture-digital-tax/

23/07/2025

We’re proud to let you know we are the first large New Zealand law firm to sign an agreement to roll out the specialist legal Generative AI platform Harvey to our lawyers firm-wide, bringing market-leading technology to our team.

An exciting innovation for Bell Gully, as we continue to embrace market-leading technology which will support us to deliver exceptional outcomes to our clients.

https://www.bellgully.com/insights/bell-gully-becomes-first-large-nz-law-firm-to-sign-up-for-firm-wide-launch-of-harvey-ai/

07/07/2025

We're pleased to share our recent senior appointments. Find out more about them here: https://www.bellgully.com/insights/bell-gully-highlights-seven-senior-appointments/

10/06/2025

Our Parents Network recently hosted a session with pro bono client, The Parenting Place, led by Senior Parent Coach Jenny Hale, focusing on the Kind, Firm, Calm parenting approach. The talk explored real-life parenting challenges and shared practical strategies to help our Bell Gully parents.

09/05/2025

Bell Gully senior associates Kristin Wilson, James Ruddell, and Jan Chen were pleased to attend the 2025 ILANZ: In-house Lawyers Association of New Zealand Conference in Auckland this week.

"The ILANZ conference is always a great opportunity to catch up with clients, friends, and former colleagues every year while learning lots of new things that will help us in our work" said Kristin.

This year marks the 37th anniversary of the annual ILANZ Conference.

"Designed by in-house lawyers, for in-house lawyers, we aim to bring our members together and inspire professional and personal development exploring a wide range of relevant issues - from big picture thinking to practical takeaways" (Source: ILANZ: In-house Lawyers Association of New Zealand).

21/04/2025

Congratulations to Bell Gully Partner Zac Kedgley-Foot and Senior Associates Dr Laura Hardcastle and Philip Zander for being named in NZ Lawyer’s Future Legal Leaders 2025 guide.

Zac is a specialist banking and finance lawyer who has domestic and international experience in a broad range of banking, debt capital markets and derivatives transactions and financial services regulation. Since returning to Bell Gully, Zac has achieved a great deal, quickly re-establishing relationships and growing a reputation as a ‘go to’ financing lawyer advising on matters in a number of developing fields in New Zealand’s debt markets.

Laura is a senior associate in Bell Gully’s Wellington litigation team, where she specialises in public, administrative and health law. As one of the firm’s leading public law practitioners, her role involves advising public sector entities on a broad spectrum of public law issues, including consultation and decision-making processes, as well as acting in relation to judicial reviews. She also provides accessible and practical advice to clients to assist them in managing obligations under all manner of complex regulatory regimes.

Philip is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer who has been involved in the development and delivery of a number of complex contracting arrangements in New Zealand across a variety of key sectors, including transport, energy and infrastructure. He has broad expertise in corporate and commercial matters, including M&A, complex commercial contracts, services agreements, standard form contracts, public and private sector procurement, and Public Private Partnership (PPP) transactions.

NZ Lawyer’s Future Legal Leaders celebrate lawyers who have shown leadership qualities, recorded significant achievements early in their careers and continue to deliver excellent client service.

16/04/2025

Our Auckland and Wellington 2025 Graduates started in the office this week after an official welcome in January and the recent completion of their Professional Legal studies.

We have an enthusiastic group ready to join their teams, develop their skills and contribute to the great work we do for our clients.

We have four days packed with internal department sessions, training, and social events to ensure they are well equipped for life as a BG lawyer.

The graduate roles are a great outcome of our summer intern programme which runs each year from November to February.

We are extremely happy to welcome our next group of exceptional talent.

04/04/2025

We were delighted to welcome back former partner, author Rachel Paris, to speak to our clients and team as part of the Women at Bell Gully programme hosted by Corporate partner Laura Littlewood.

Rachel’s debut novel, 𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭, which has sped to the top of the New Zealand bestseller list. She spoke to the group about her decision to follow her dream of becoming an author, the process of writing and themes in her novel, being picked up by a publisher, signing a two-book deal and now putting her book out into the world. Rachel also shared her observations on wider issues for writers including in the age of AI and her top pick for the lead actress if the optioned screen rights are taken up!

Many thanks to Rachel, and the Women at Bell Gully community, who joined us for this event. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

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