Chris Bargery
Partner, Auckland
BA (Hons), Durham University MA, York University


Chris is a Partner in Anderson Lloyd’s corporate and commercial team. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, shareholder and joint venture agreements, general corporate matters and a wide variety of commercial contracts.
Chris provides advice to a broad range of clients, including private equity firms, investors and domestic and international corporates, across a range of industry sectors.
Chris joined Anderson Lloyd, as a Partner, in 2014, having previously been a Partner at another leading New Zealand law firm in Auckland. Chris has also worked for Clifford Chance in Asia and Europe.
Chris is recognised as a leading New Zealand lawyer in Corporate/Commercial law by the most recent edition of Chambers & Partners (Asia Pacific), and Corporate and M&A Law by IFLR 1000, Best Lawyers, and asialaw Profiles. The Chambers & Partners (Asia Pacific) 2021 edition states Chris is described by a client as “a very strong lawyer with broad commercial experience who couples advice with pragmatic outcomes”.