Brynn is a corporate law specialist experienced in acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, privatisation, corporate fundraising, public offerings and private placements of securities, and stock exchange compliance.

He has advised a wide range of clients on due diligence, negotiation and completion of acquisition agreements, public flotations and employee share purchase and dividend reinvestment schemes.

With a proven ability to manage large transactions, Brynn led Bell Gully's team managing all aspects of the Fletcher Challenge separation. This included many significant transactions, including the sale of Fletcher Paper to Norske Skog, the sale of Fletcher Energy to Shell/Apache, and the IPOs of Fletcher Building and Rubicon.

Brynn's expertise is recognised in a number of international forums. He is highly recommended in PLC Which Lawyer? 2010 and Asia Pacific Legal 500 2009/2010 in the corporate commercial/M&A sectors. Client comments include: "Outstanding and extremely efficient" and "highly professional and responsive".

Chambers Global 2010 recognises Brynn as a "highly respected corporate law specialist with wide-ranging experience across a multitude of transactions for public and private companies", and sources report that they "always hear good things about him". He is also named as a leading M&A lawyer in IFLR1000 2010 and the Legal Media Group's M&A Lawyers Expert Guide.

Qualifications

LLB(Hons), University of Canterbury

Admitted

1988 New Zealand

International Career

  • Sullivan & Cromwell, New York
    1995-1996

Publications

Contact

Email: Brynn Gilbertson

DDI: 64 9 916 8948

Mobile: 64 21 614 540

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Areas of Expertise

Recent Work

Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund's joint venture deal with Infratil
Advised the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund on a $696.5 million joint venture deal with Infratil for the acquisition of Shell New Zealand’s refining and downstream business.

Fisher & Paykel Appliances equity raising
Advising Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Limited on its recapitalisation and, in particular, the introduction of Haier Group as a cornerstone 20% shareholder.

Fletcher Building capital raisings
Advised Fletcher Building on a NZ$505 million equity raising comprising an underwritten institutional placement, a share purchase plan and an innovative top-up offer and on a public offering of capital notes via its finance arm, Fletcher Building Finance, which raised NZ$131.3 million.

ABB Group’s acquisition of Vectek Electronics assets
Advised Switzerland-based ABB Group on its acquisition of the assets of Vectek Electronics Limited, a New Zealand technology company which has developed products to improve the quality of the power supply in industrial installations.

Fletcher Building acquisition of Formica
Advised New Zealand building products manufacturer Fletcher Building on the acquisition of US-based Formica Inc.

CPPIB takeover offer for Auckland International Airport
Advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its partial takeover offer for, and proposed amalgamation with, Auckland International Airport Limited.

Goodman Fielder listing
Advised Goodman Fielder, one of Australasia's leading food companies with a portfolio of major brands, on its initial public offering and listing on the NZX.