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Real estate lawyer Andrew Petersen replaces Anna Buchly in the top seat New Zealand’s Bell Gully has named Andrew Petersen as its new chair amid a number of senior promotions across the firm. Petersen – who leads the firm’s projects and real estate department – replaces Anna Buchly after almost three years in the role, who steps down to resume her full-time practice as a corporate lawyer covering capital markets, M&A and private equity. Petersen has been at Bell Gully for almost two decades, having joined from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2003. As well as Petersen’s appointment, the firm has also made three partner promotions – banking and finance lawyer Jennifer Gunser and experienced litigators Blair Keown and Kirsty Dobbs.
Press Release – Bell Gully Bell Gully won seven awards at the 2020 New Zealand Law Awards held virtually on 10 December, including New Zealand Deal of the Year and Deal Team of the Year – a clean sweep of the major corporate categories. Bell Gully’s Corporate team was recognised …
Bell Gully won seven awards at the 2020 New Zealand Law Awards held virtually on 10 December, including New Zealand Deal of the Year and Deal Team of the Year – a clean sweep of the major corporate categories.
Bell Gully’s Corporate team was recognised as New Zealand’s top deal team, following a strong 2019/2020 period where the team advised on close to $10billion worth of transactions. This was underpinned by the Vodafone New Zealand acquisition which won no fewer than three awards itself – M&A Deal of the Year, Debt Market Deal of the Year and overall New Zealand Deal of the Year. Led by partners James Gibson and Anna Buchly, this NZ$3.4 billion transaction was one of the largest New Z