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Bell Gully leads New Zealand rankings in regional law guide
Law firm Bell Gully leads the New Zealand rankings in the latest edition of The Asia Pacific Legal 500, the region's most respected guide to commercial law firms.
In results published today, Bell Gully received more top-tier rankings for its practice areas than any other New Zealand law firm. The guide also named 18 Bell Gully partners as 'leading individuals' in their field again, more than any other New Zealand law firm.
"This excellent result confirms the strength of our people and our expertise across the key areas of commercial law," said Matthew Cockram, Bell Gully Chairman.
"We intend to build on this success by delivering even better results for our clients in the year ahead."
The ranking rounds off a great year for Bell Gully in external reviews and awards, with leading rankings in Global Counsel 3000, IFLR 1000, Who's Who Legal, and Thomson Financial's Australasian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisor rankings for the first half of 2003.
Additional information
Bell Gully is New Zealand's leading commercial law firm with over 250 legal staff.
The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2003/2004 is the guide to the leading commercial law firms in Asia and Australasia. It is published by Legalease and is available online at www.legal500.com.
Bell Gully was ranked as "top tier" for its legal expertise in the following areas:
- banking and finance
- capital markets
- commercial property
- corporate and commercial
- dispute resolution
- energy and natural resources
- insolvency
- insurance
- project finance
- tax
- telecommunications
The following Bell Gully lawyers were ranked as "leading individuals" in their field:
Banking and Finance
David Craig
Murray King
David McPherson
Capital Markets
Richard Hanna
Jonathan Ross
Commercial Property
Matthew Cockram
Corporate Commercial/M&A
Andrew Brown
Brynn Gilbertson
Dispute Resolution
Mike Colson
Nathan Gedye
Rob Towner
Energy and Natural Resources
Garry Downs
James Willis
IT/Telecoms
Wayne Hudson
Simon Martin
Stephen Revill
Tax
David Simcock
For further information, please contact:
Josephine Gallagher
Senior Marketing and Communications Manager
Bell Gully
