Penny Pasley

Penny is an experienced competition lawyer who has advised numerous high profile clients across multiple jurisdictions.

​​​​​​Penny is a senior associate in Bell Gully's industry-leading competition team. Penny advises on a broad range of competition matters including mergers and joint ventures, collaborative activities, cartel investigations and misuse of market power.​

Penny returned to Bell Gully following several years at leading London firm Linklaters where she was a managing associate. She brings with her a wealth of experience and understanding of international competition law from both advising high profile clients in the European Union and completing a Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law at King's College in London.

Recent UK work highlights include advising major UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury plc on its proposed £12 billion merger with rival, Asda, including a successful judicial review to the Competition Appeals Tribunal on a matter of process, and Amec Foster Wheeler plc on its acquisition by John Wood Group plc, which included antitrust fillings in 13 jurisdictions.

Before her time at Linklaters, Penny was part of Bell Gully's competition team that advised on Cavalier Wool's acquisition of NZ Wool Services International, Bauer Media's acquisition of APN's (now NZME.) magazine titles and Life Technologies' acquisition by Thermo Fisher.​

Penny is ranked as a rising star for competition law in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022.