Haydn leads Bell Gully's corporate practice. He specialises in corporate and securities law with a focus on divestments and acquisitions, investment products, restructuring and company and commercial law.

In addition to advising on a full range of corporate matters, he has expertise in outsourcing and establishing and establishing and maintaining investment product offerings.

Haydn's work focuses on M&A transactions, including private equity, public company takeovers and restructuring, investment products and funds management and insurance, and energy and forestry-related projects.

Haydn joined Bell Gully in 1992 and is a partner in the corporate/commercial department based in Auckland. He worked first in the Wellington office before leaving for two years with Allen & Overy in London.

Chambers Asia Pacific 2013 names Haydn as a leading corporate lawyer, noting he is regarded by clients as "the person to go to, a very talented lawyer."

IFLR 1000 2013 names Haydn as a leading lawyer for M&A, stating he is "well respected in the market". Who's Who Legal 2011 and PLC Which Lawyer? 2011 also recognise Haydn as a leading M&A lawyer. Chambers Global 2010 also identifies Haydn as a leading corporate lawyer, noting his "broad expertise in general corporate work and investments", with clients describing Haydn as "innovative and commercially minded" in an earlier edition.

Qualifications

LLB, BCA, Victoria University of Wellington

Admitted

1992 New Zealand

International Career

  • Allen & Overy, London
    1996-1998

Publications

Contact

Email: Haydn Wong

DDI: +64 9 916 8918

Mobile: +64 21 606 267

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Areas of Expertise

Work Highlights

Acquisition of South Canterbury Finance loan portfolios
Advised a global investment bank on its successful acquisition of the rural, commercial and consumer loan portfolios of failed finance company South Canterbury Finance Group.

Asahi Group
Advised Asahi on the New Zealand law aspects of the NZ$1.5 billion acquisition of Independent Liquor, Asahi's largest ever acquisition.

Carter Holt Harvey's sale of its forestry business to Hancock Natural Resources Group
Advised Rank Group's subsidiary, Carter Holt Harvey, a New Zealand-based forest products company and also New Zealand's largest forest owner, on the sale of its forestry business comprising substantially all of its forestry interests including approximately 260,000 hectares of freehold and non-freehold forestry estate, to US-based forestry manager Hancock Natural Resource Group Inc. for in excess of NZ$1.5 billion. This was one of the biggest and most complex property sales in New Zealand's history.

Gresham Private Equity
Advised Gresham Private Equity in relation to the sale of Noel Leeming Group Limited (comprising the Noel Leeming and Bond & Bond chains of retail stores) to The Warehouse Group.

The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited
Advising NZGT in relation to its role as trustee of the Fonterra Shareholders Fund.

Korda Mentha
Advising KordaMentha, as receivers, in relation to the sale of Cedenco Foods.