Anna Buchly

Partner, Auckland

Contact

+64 9 916 8649 +64 21 622 555 anna.buchly@bellgully.com View my LinkedIn

Expertise

Anna is a specialist corporate lawyer, with particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers, private equity, capital markets and joint ventures. A solutions driven lawyer, Anna works with clients to find outcomes that deliver from a legal and commercial perspective.

Anna works on New Zealand's biggest deals for corporates and investors, with a particular focus on private equity clients. She has represented clients with interests in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, media, dairy, education and retirement villages.

Anna has extensive experience across the full range of M&A transactions, including:

•    private mergers and acquisitions
•    public takeovers and schemes of arrangements
•    complex joint venture arrangements, and
•    securities offerings and stock exchange listings and compliance.

Qualifications

LLB(Hons), BCom University of Canterbury
Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment Australian Securities Institute
1998 Admitted New Zealand
2000 Admitted New South Wales

Professional experience

2023 - current Deputy Chair Takeovers Panel
2019 - current Member Takeovers Panel
2002-2004 Clyde & Co LLP Dubai, UAE
1999-2001 Mallesons Stephen Jaques Sydney, Australia

Market recognition

Chambers Asia Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR 1000, Corporate and M&A, 'Leading lawyer'. 

Australasian Law Awards 2023, 'NZ Dealmaker of the Year'. 

NZ Lawyer 2022 and 2024, 'Most influential lawyer'. 

New Zealand Law Awards 2019 and 2022, 'Managing Partner of the Year'. 

Clients say Anna is "stand out and simply top-drawer." She "always goes above and beyond to assist."

Work highlights

Millennium & Copthorne Takeover Response

Advised NZX listed Millennium & Copthorne Hotels on its response to a full takeover offer from its major shareholder, CDL Hotels Holdings New Zealand.

Brookfield Asset Management

Advised on the sale of its 49.95% stake in One NZ to Infratil for NZ$1.8bn.

Next Generation Critical Communications and Crown Infrastructure Partners

Advised on the NZ$1.4bn digital infrastructure procurement of The Public Safety Network - Te Kupenga Marutau. 

Vodafone New Zealand TowerCo sale

Advised on the sale of its passive mobile tower infrastructure assets for NZ$1.7bn.

Mataura Valley Milk investment

Advised on its NZ$268.5m investment by The a2 Milk Company.

EQT acquisition of Metlifecare

Advised EQT Infrastructure IV Fund on its NZ$1.28bn acquisition of Metlifecare by way of a scheme of arrangement.

Bentley Systems acquisition

Advised Bentley Systems on its US$1.05bn acquisition of Seequent, a world leader in developing 3D geological modelling software.

Vodafone Group Plc sale

Advised on its NZ$3.4bn sale of Vodafone New Zealand to a consortium of Infratil and Brookfield Asset Management.

Trade Me takeover

Advised Apax Partners LLP on its NZ$2.56bn takeover of Trade Me. 

SMARTPAY SCHEME

Advising NZX and ASX listed Smartpay on its proposed $296 million scheme of arrangement with Shift4.

Westland Co-operative Dairy Company scheme of arrangement

Advised on its strategic review and sale to Yili Group by way of scheme of arrangement for NZ$588m.

Relevant insights

19 June 2025
Regulators pulling available levers to boost IPO activity
27 February 2025
ASIC ponders whether it should be worried about the emergence of private capital
1 September 2023
Supreme Court’s Mainzeal decision: guidance for directors
30 August 2023
Supreme Court’s Mainzeal decision: legislative reform is needed
25 August 2023
Bell Gully’s guide to schemes and takeovers in New Zealand
25 August 2023
Supreme Court releases Mainzeal decision on directors’ duties
25 August 2023
Supreme Court's Mainzeal decision - analysis and guidance for directors
12 December 2022
Bell Gully acts for NGCC and CIP on $1.4 billion Public Safety Network
16 August 2022
NZX begins second round of consultation on NZX Corporate Governance Code
8 August 2022
NZX consults on changes to its capital raising settings and listing options
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