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Bell Gully lawyers lead independent international rankings
A leading international legal guide has given Bell Gully its highest ranking in all four of the practice areas the guide researches in New Zealand.
Bell Gully lawyers also achieved the largest number of "leading lawyer" rankings among the New Zealand firms.
The 2013 IFLR1000 Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms ranks lawyers based on the recommendations of in-house counsel at the world's most prominent financial institutions and companies, along with the views of their legal peers.
"We see this as a vote of confidence from our clients," said Bell Gully Chairman Roger Partridge. "They value our commitment to teamwork, high service standards and successful outcomes, and it is when we deliver on all these fronts that we see client satisfaction reflected in legal research of this nature."
The IFLR1000 gave Bell Gully Tier 1 rankings for Banking & Project Finance, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring & Insolvency.
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Leading lawyers |
IFLR1000 SAYS |
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Banking & Project Finance |
Hugh Kettle |
Bell Gully's role in the most significant transactions in the region across the full spectrum of its banking and project finance practice, holds it uncontested in the first tier. Its clients give the team resounding commendation, from its technical application to its billing structure. As one says, "The words 'world class' come to mind."
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Capital Markets
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David Craig |
"In my 25 plus years of working in the capital markets and securitisation space I would struggle to recall having worked with a better legal firm than Bell Gully," says a client, adding, "Value is the key to the firm's success. This was achieved by the firm taking time to get to know us, planning out the scope of work and identifying and defining likely issues to be encountered."
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Mergers & Acquisitions |
Anna Buchly |
The team has benefited from the growth of takeovers as transactional structures and has been involved in a significant number of the largest takeovers. Bell Gully also saw an increase in the number of overseas deals. Traditionally strong in the oil and gas industries, the firm also benefits from its expanding expertise in the mineral sector.
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Restructuring & Insolvency
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Hugh Kettle |
Bell Gully's restructuring and insolvency team remains as solid and successful as ever. It worked on the majority of the largest matters in the market, both contentious and non-contentious and fields a team that gives clients impressive scope and breadth. |
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