Gabby Smith

Contact Gabby

Gabby is an experienced transactional lawyer with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and equity capital markets transactions.

Gabby advises clients on a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and equity capital market transactions. Gabby also has experience in providing corporate governance and structuring advice. Gabby has a solutions-focused approach and develops close working relationships with clients to facilitate successful deals.

Gabby has considerable experience working with both corporate clients and financial sponsors across a broad range of sectors in New Zealand and overseas. Gabby returned to Bell Gully following four years at leading London firm Linklaters where she advised on a number of complex and high-profile corporate transactions. UK work highlights include advising National Grid on its £14 billion divestment of its UK gas distribution business, the largest ever UK energy and infrastructure deal.

Work highlights

Bell Gully

Lightspeed acquisition of Vend
Advising Lightspeed POS Inc., a NYSE- and TSX-listed leading provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms on its proposed acquisition of Vend, an Auckland headquartered cloud-based retail management software company, for US$350 million.

Linklaters LLP

National Grid divestment
Advised National Grid on the divestment of its £14 billion UK gas distribution business, Cadent, to a Macquarie-led consortium.

Schneider Electric reverse takeover
Advised Schneider Electric on its £3 billion reverse takeover of software group AVEVA group.

BlackRock transactions
Advised BlackRock on its partnership with Spanish utilities company, Naturgy, and acquisition of a 49% stake in Medgaz (which owns and operates the submarine gas pipeline between Spain and Algeria) from Mubadala.

IFM Investors disposal
IFM Investors on the disposal of its stake in 50 Hertz Transmission, the German electricity transmission business.

Sunsuper and NSW Treasury Corporation joint acquisition
Advised Sunsuper and NSW Treasury Corporation on their joint acquisition of a strategic stake in both Bristol and Birmingham International Airports from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board.

Biffa plc IPO and premium listing
Advised Biffa plc on its £450 million initial public offering and premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Morgan Stanley as sponsor and joint underwriter
Advised Morgan Stanley as sponsor and joint underwriter in relation to a £600 million equity financing by Marks and Spencer Group plc.

Contact Gabby

Work highlights

Latest corporate insights