Alex Bond

Partner, Auckland

Contact

+64 9 916 8301 +64 21 811 532 alex.bond@bellgully.com

Expertise

Alex is a trusted corporate lawyer, with particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and private capital matters. Alex assists corporates and investors on their most critical transactions, bringing an engaged and solution-orientated approach.

Alex has represented clients with interests across a broad range of sectors, including recently telecommunications, media, technology, financial services, life sciences and retirement villages. He has acted for a number of private capital clients on significant M&A transactions.

In addition to his M&A capabilities, Alex has extensive experience in corporate and commercial matters including:

complex consortium and joint venture arrangements and other commercial agreements
carve-outs and corporate restructuring projects
overseas investment advice
share incentive schemes, and
corporate governance, capital markets and listed company advisory and compliance matters.

Alex's recent work highlights include advising Brookfield Asset Management on the sale of its 49.95% stake in One NZ (formerly Vodafone NZ), One NZ on the sale of its passive mobile tower infrastructure assets (the business now known as Fortysouth) and Lightspeed Commerce on its acquisition of Vend.

Alex started his career at Bell Gully and returned to the firm in 2020, after four years working in Freshfields' London and Paris offices. During his time at Freshfields, Alex also spent seven months seconded as legal counsel to international private equity firm Cinven in London.

Qualifications

LLB (Hons), BCom University of Auckland

2012 Admitted Auckland

Professional experience

2016-2020 Freshfields LLP London, UK and Paris, France

2017-2018 Cinven London, UK

2014 Slaughter and May London, UK (secondment from Bell Gully)

^{IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2022 'Rising star' award.}

^{New Zealand Law Awards 2022 Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year, 'Excellence Awardee'.}

^{NZ Lawyer 2022 'Rising star'.}

^{The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Corporate and M&A, 'Key lawyer'.}

^{A client said "Anna Buchly, James Gibson, Jen Coote and Alex Bond… are hard-working and produce the highest quality work, but are also relatable and down-to-earth individuals, willing to support their clients at any time."}

Brookfield Asset Management

Advising Brookfield Asset Management on the sale of its 49.95% stake in One NZ (formerly Vodafone NZ) to Infratil for NZ$1.8bn.

Metlifecare

Advised on various transactions including the acquisition of Springlands Lifestyle Village and the sale of Wilson Carlile Village.

One NZ

Advised on the sale of its passive mobile tower infrastructure assets (or the business now known as Fortysouth) for NZ$1.7bn to a consortium comprising InfraRed Capital Partners, Northleaf Capital Partners and Infratil.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Advised on their investment in FNZ, a global wealth management fintech firm.

The R&A

Advised on the acquisition of a 50% stake in DotGolf NZ, a software solution provider for international golfing markets, and its associated joint venture arrangements with Golf New Zealand.

Air New Zealand

Advising on its comprehensive NZ$2.2bn recapitalisation package to help position the airline for recovery, including its NZ$1.2bn pro rata renounceable rights offer.