Associate-Litigation

Bell Gully

Date: 1 week ago
City: Auckland, Auckland
Contract type: Full time
  • Legal
  • Litigation
  • Auckland
  • Permanent Full-time

20 July 2026

  • Some of New Zealand's most significant commercial cases
  • Top tier national and international clients
  • Market leading development programme

Bell Gully is independently recognised as New Zealand’s leading commercial law firm, opening a world of career opportunities working with a range of clients, including iconic New Zealand brands, innovative start-ups, leading multinationals, global investment banks, financial institutions, and government agencies. We aim for excellence, and our people are the foundation for our continued success.

Our litigation practice encompasses a range of fields, including commercial and contract disputes, class actions, financial regulation, insurance, competition law, and construction law.

We believe that our depth of experience, strong advocacy skills, and strategic commercial judgement make us New Zealand's leading litigation practice. We have won Benchmark Litigation's New Zealand Litigation Firm of the Year award for the last four years, and both Chambers Asia Pacific and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific rank us in the top tier, Band 1, for litigation.

Experience and qualifications.

  • 4+ years PQE, including private practice and/or in-house.
  • Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
  • Excellent communicator with collaborative, solutions focused mindset.
  • Enthusiastic, driven, and eager to grow within a leading litigation practice.
  • Commercially astute, with ability to think strategically and practically.
  • Strong legal research, drafting and analytical skills.

Culture and benefits

In addition to a dedicated team culture, we offer a range of benefits and initiatives to help our people maintain a healthy and enjoyable lifestyle. This includes:

  • Mentoring from market leading litigators and partners
  • Access to high quality calibre work
  • community support programmes.
  • flexible work practices.
  • a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme; and
  • sports teams, an annual ball, regular team events and department weekends away.

Please apply directly or contact Kelly Price () for a confidential discussion.

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