Brynn heads up the firm's comprehensive corporate practice. A corporate law specialist, he is experienced in acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, privatisation, corporate fundraising, public offerings and private placements of securities, and stock exchange compliance.

He has advised a wide range of clients on due diligence, negotiation and completion of acquisition agreements, public flotations and employee share purchase and dividend reinvestment schemes.

With a proven ability to manage large transactions, Brynn led Bell Gully's team managing all aspects of the Fletcher Challenge separation. This included many significant transactions, including the sale of Fletcher Paper to Norske Skog, the sale of Fletcher Energy to Shell/Apache, and the IPOs of Fletcher Building and Rubicon.

Brynn's expertise is recognised in a number of international forums. He is highly recommended in PLC Which Lawyer? 2008 and Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/2008 in the corporate commercial/M&A sectors. Client comments include: "Outstanding and extremely efficient" and "highly professional and responsive".

Chambers Global 2008 recognises Brynn as "a corporate specialist" who is "broadly experienced", and he is also named as a M&A leading lawyer in IFLR1000 2008.

Qualifications

LLB(Hons), University of Canterbury

Admitted

1988 New Zealand

International Career

  • Sullivan & Cromwell, New York
    1995-1996