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Asia Pacific Legal 500 success signals clean sweep for Bell Gully in 2004 rankings and awards
Law firm Bell Gully has topped the New Zealand rankings in The Asia Pacific Legal 500, the region's most respected guide to commercial law firms, for the third year running.
This completes a successful year for the firm, which has now topped all the major legal rankings and league tables announced in 2004.
In The Asia Pacific Legal 500, Bell Gully received 11 top-tier rankings for its practice areas, more than any other New Zealand law firm. The guide also named 21 Bell Gully partners as "leading individuals" in their field - again, more than any other New Zealand law firm.
"These are excellent results, and to top the rankings three years in a row is a tribute to the consistent and quality service that our lawyers deliver for our clients," said Matthew Cockram, Bell Gully Chairman.
"Our challenge is to do even more for our clients in 2005 - and hopefully top the rankings four years in a row."
The ranking rounds off a great year for Bell Gully in external reviews and awards, with leading rankings in Chambers Global, IFLR 1000 and Thomson Financial's Australasian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisor rankings for the first half of 2004, plus the award of IFLR New Zealand Law Firm of the Year in March 2004.
Additional information
Bell Gully is New Zealand's leading commercial law firm with over 200 legal staff.
The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2004/2005 is the guide to the leading commercial law firms in Asia and Australasia. It is published by Legalease.
Bell Gully was ranked as "top tier" for its legal expertise in the following areas:
- banking and finance
- capital markets
- corporate and commercial
- dispute resolution
- energy and natural resources
- insolvency
- insurance
- project finance
- real estate
- 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
Garry Downs
Richard Hanna
Commercial Property
Matthew Cockram
Corporate Commercial/M&A
Andrew Brown
Brynn Gilbertson
Jonathan Ross
Dispute Resolution
Mike Colson
Mark O'Brien
Employment
Rob Towner
Energy and Natural Resources
Chris Gordon
James Willis
IT/Telecoms
Wayne Hudson
Simon Martin
Stephen Revill
Insolvency
Graham McKenzie
Mark O'Brien
Intellectual Property
Wayne Hudson
Tax
David Simcock
For further information, please contact:
Josephine Gallagher
Senior Marketing and Communications Manager
Tel: +64 9 916 8664
Mobile: +64 21 190 3185
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