Bell Gully

Clients praise the Auckland-based tax practice at Bell Gully as ‘exceptionally strong, with a wealth of litigation experience with the revenue authority’. The team’s broad range of work features significant corporate transactions, tax advisory and tax disputes, as well as private client tax, indirect tax and customs-related matters. The team is also well equipped to advise on tax matters that arise in the context of emerging technologies, such as blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFTs. Leading the practice is Graham Murray, who is well regarded for his expertise in transactional tax matters and securitisation tax. Supporting the team is tax disputes specialist Matthew McKay and Willy Sussman, who focuses his practice on private client tax, trusts and immigration. Other key practitioners in the team include GST and customs and excise specialist Campbell Pentney and Hayden Roberts, who is a name to note for tax litigation.