Corporate
News & Events
2007 Archive
Wednesday 3 January 2007
The year ahead: more M&A and an IPO comeback
Continued strong buying and selling of New Zealand businesses lies ahead for 2007 but look out for a return to sharemarket listings.
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Friday 13 April 2007
Vendor due diligence - an increasing trend in Australasian M&A
First published in The Independent Financial Review, 4 April 2007.
Why would a company invest time and money conducting due diligence on a business it plans to sell, even when it has had years of ownership to get to know the operation?
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Wednesday 16 May 2007
Bell Gully advises on Griffins expansion
Bell Gully has advised Griffins Foods on its expansion into the snack foods market through the acquisition of Nice & Natural.
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Monday 21 May 2007
Bell Gully and client legal team recognised at awards
Bell Gully's work on leading deals and the in-house legal team of a major client have been recognised at the ALB Australasian Law Awards 2007.
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Tuesday 19 June 2007
New senior associates back from New York and London to join Bell Gully
Bell Gully has appointed two new senior associates, Kristin Carden and Dawn Shacklady.
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Friday 29 June 2007
Bell Gully secures influential Asia-Pacific ranking
Bell Gully is one of only two New Zealand law firms to be ranked in mergermarket's league tables of legal advisers in the Asia-Pacific region for the first half of 2007.
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Monday 2 July 2007
From Xero to hero
Bell Gully has acted on the successful float of online software innovator Xero.
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Thursday 19 July 2007
M&A deals continue to dominate
The New Zealand market is continuing to sustain high levels of merger and acquisition activity, according to the latest Thomson Financial figures.
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Tuesday 31 July 2007
Bell Gully co-hosts takeovers and mergers seminars
Bell Gully will today host a seminar in Auckland for New Zealand corporates on takeovers and mergers.
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Tuesday 7 August 2007
Bell Gully key legal advisors on major global deal
Bell Gully has advised Fletcher Building on its major acquisition of United States-headquartered Formica Corporation.
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Monday 13 August 2007
Corporate partners highly ranked in M&A guide
Bell Gully's corporate partners top the rankings in the recently released Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2007/08 published by the Practical Law Company.
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Tuesday 21 August 2007
Bell Gully advises on Datasquirt IPO
Bell Gully has advised Datasquirt on the New Zealand aspects of its Australasian IPO and ASX listing.
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Monday 8 October 2007
America's Cup delivers lawyer back to Bell Gully
An America's Cup syndicate lawyer has returned to practice in New Zealand with Bell Gully.
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Thursday 11 October 2007
Bell Gully retains place in global top tier rankings
Bell Gully has retained its top rankings in the just released 2008 edition of IFLR1000, a guide to the world's leading financial law firms.
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Tuesday 16 October 2007
Bell Gully advises on Opus public share offering
Bell Gully has advised on the initial public offering of shares in infrastructure consulting group Opus International.
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Monday 5 November 2007
Notable hi-tech leaders win Bell Gully Flying Kiwi Award
Two New Zealanders who have created their own technology legacy have been named joint winners of the Bell Gully Flying Kiwi Award at the 2007 Hi-Tech Awards.
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Wednesday 14 November 2007
Limited Partnerships Bill - safe harbours not safe enough
The Limited Partnerships regime is designed to encourage greater capital investment but Bell Gully corporate partner Andrew Abernethy believes the rule prohibiting limited partners' involvement in management is confusing and outdated.
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Wednesday 5 December 2007
Global research places Bell Gully as New Zealand leader
A guide to the world's leading business lawyers has again ranked Bell Gully a clear leader overall among Zealand law firms.
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Thursday 6 December 2007
Changes to new limited partnerships regime - but not enough
Proposed changes to the Bill establishing limited partnerships in New Zealand will make the structure more appealing to investors but there remains key issues to be sorted.
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Thursday 20 December 2007
Corporate expertise boosted by returning lawyers
Bell Gully's corporate practice has gained the expertise of two senior lawyers returning to New Zealand from the UK.
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Friday 21 December 2007
Bell Gully advises on revolutionary electrical joint venture
Bell Gully has advised General Cable on a joint venture to develop a revolutionary high-temperature superconducting wire.
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