About
Chair: Sarah Sinclair
Chief Executive: Andrew Poole
Number of partners: 47
Number of lawyers: 180
Languages: Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Māori, Spanish, Tongan
Firm Overview: MinterEllisonRuddWatts is leading full-service, legal and business advisory firm with offices in Auckland and Wellington. It is a New Zealand owned and operated partnership with 47 partners and more than 180 other legal staff. It has a proud New Zealand history, dating back more than 130 years, and has established a strong top tier reputation in the market.
The firm advises clients on a wide range of practice areas from regulatory to commercial law, finance to real estate, employment to taxation, and from public law to dispute resolution. Its clients come from a broad range of industries including banking and financial services, central and local government, aviation, infrastructure, energy and resources, manufacturing, health and aged care, telecommunications, media and technology. While an independent New Zealand firm, it has a strategic alliance with MinterEllison, a leading firm in the Asia-Pacific.
Main Areas of Practice:
Banking and Finance
Key Clients: ANZ, BNZ, ASB, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Rabobank, Wellington Gateway Partnership, The Treasury, Tourism Holdings Limited, Z Energy
Contact: Jeremy Muir
Tel: +64 9 353 9819
Email: [email protected]
Competition / Antitrust
Key Clients: Tourism Holdings Limited, Life Health Foods, Camplify, NZ Bus, viagogo, Tegal, Action Manufacturing, Westpac, Zespri, ASB
Contact: Jennifer Hambleton
Tel: +64 9 353 9794
Email: [email protected]
Construction and Infrastructure
Key Clients: Metlifecare, Mercury, Kiwi Property, Fulton Hogan, Jacobs New Zealand, Wellington Gateway Partnership, Ōtākaro, Department of Internal Affairs, Auckland Council, Ministry of Transport
Contact: Janine Stewart and Mark Crosbie
Tel: +64 9 353 9922 | +64 9 353 9968
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Corporate / Commercial
Key Clients: Dai-ichi Life, Fonterra, Tourism Holdings, ORA Hong Kong, Next Capital, Metlifecare, The Treasury, ANZ, Westpac, Southern Cross Healthcare
Contact: Neil Millar and John Conlan
Tel: +64 9 353 9977 | +64 4 5037
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Key Clients: Bathurst Resources, viagogo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Manawa Energy, Westpac, Rabobank, BNZ, Beach Energy Resources, Channel Infrastructure, Department of Internal Affairs
Contact: Gillian Service and Richard Gordon
Tel: +64 9 353 9817 | +64 4 498 5006
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Employment
Key Clients: Uber, Warner Brothers Discovery, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Fonterra, IAG New Zealand, Aon Insurance, Colliers International, The Warehouse Group, Auckland District Health Board
Contact: Megan Richards
Tel: +64 4 498 5023
Email: [email protected]
Energy and Natural Resources
Key Clients: Z Energy, Channel Infrastructure, Mercury, First Gas, Manawa Energy, Metlifecare, Southern Cross Healthcare, Stride Property, Ministry for the Environment, Heritage NZ
Contact: Scott Thompson
Tel: +64 9 353 9994
Email: [email protected]
Insurance
Key Clients: Medical Assurance Society, Aon Insurance, Youi NZ, AMP Life, Marsh, AIG, AIA, Southern Cross Insurance, Tower Insurance, Fulton Hogan, PIC Insurance Brokers, Auckland Council
Contact: Andrew Horne
Tel: +64 9 353 9903
Email: [email protected]
Intellectual Property
Key Clients: Fonterra, Channel Infrastruture, Kiwibank, Manawa Energy, Southern Cross Helathcare, Scholastic Inc, ASOS, Tourism Holdings, The New Zealand Merino Group, RX Made for Good, Icebreaker, Two Degrees Mobile
Contact: Christopher Young
Tel: +64 9 353 9910
Email: [email protected]
Financial Services and Investment Funds
Key Clients: Dai-ichi Life, Futureverse, Sharesies, DFA Australia, Debut, Paytron Technologies, ANZ, Blackstone, Milford Asset Management
Contact: Lloyd Kavanagh
Tel: +64 9 353 9976
Email: [email protected]
Public Law
Key Clients: Department of Internal Affairs, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, Ministry of Education, The Teasury, Fonterra, Zespri, Westpac, Earthquake Commission, Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Contact: Briony Davies
Tel: +64 4 498 5134
Email: [email protected]
Real Estate
Key Clients: Credit Suisse, Global Forest Partners, One Forty One, Fisher & Paykel Heathcare, Newcrest, NZ Bus, ANZ, Westpac, Precinct, Z Energy
Contact: David Gilbert
Tel: +64 9 353 9978
Email: [email protected]
Restructuring and Insolvency
Key Clients: ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Westpac, Rabobank, HSBC, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, KPMG, BDO, KordaMentha, McGrathNicol, Grant Thornton, The Treasury, LPF Group
Contact: Sean Gollin
Tel: +64 9 353 9814
Email: [email protected]
Tax
Key Clients: The Treasury, Fonterra, Sharesies, Dai-ichi Life, Auckland Council, University of Otago, Wellignton Gateway Partnership, Westpac, Kāinga Ora, Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Contact: Andrew Ryan
Tel: +64 9 353 9950
Email: [email protected]
Technology, Media, Telecommunications (TMT)
Key Clients: Spark, Westpac, Rural Connectivity Group, Mercury, NZ Film Commission, Metlifecare, Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment, Department of Internal Affairs, Pie Funds Management, Dassault Systems
Contact: Tom Maasland
Tel: +64 9 353 9875
Email: [email protected]
Offices:
New Zealand – Auckland
Address:
Level 22 PwC Tower
15 Customs Street West
PO Box 105 249
Auckland 1143
Phone: +64 9 353 9700
Fax: +64 9 353 9701
Email: [email protected]
New Zealand – Wellington
Address:
Level 5 BNZ Place
1 Whitmore Street
PO Box 2793
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 498 5000
Fax: +64 4 498 5001
Email: [email protected]
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- Fax: +64 9 353 9701
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- Wellington CityLevel 18, 125 The Terrace, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand, 6011View ranked office
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