Dispute Resolution - New Zealand
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
MinterEllisonRuddWatts' well-resourced group is known for the depth and diversity of its practice, and it maintains an impressive client base embracing high-profile domestic and multinational corporations, leading financial services providers, public sector bodies and prominent individuals. The firm offers significant expertise across a range of commercial litigation matters, including construction, environmental, insolvency and insurance-related disputes, and is well equipped to advise on cross-border mandates both within and beyond the Asia-Pacific region. The group is frequently instructed in connection with regulatory investigations and related court proceedings and on High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court litigation.
Strengths
They have deep and broad understanding of dispute processes and are highly effective in communicating strategies with clients.
The team at MinterEllisonRuddWatts were easily able to grasp the issues and carry out excellent analysis to provide sophisticated commentary helpful to our case.
Work Highlights
MinterEllisonRuddWatts represented Fire and Emergency New Zealand in the Coronial Inquiry and inquest hearings following the Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle in early 2023, which resulted in 18 deaths.
Notable practitioners
Stacey Shortall is based in Wellington and, in addition to being active across a broad spectrum of contentious matters, covering environmental, insurance and white-collar criminal issues, she is particularly well-known for her handling of health and safety-related litigation.
Stacey is a very sophisticated operator and provides sound, pragmatic advice across legal and non-legal matters.
Andrew Horne is based in Auckland and offers over 25 years of experience in the disputes space, where he focuses closely on matters arising from the financial services, technology and telecommunications sectors.
Andrew is always patient, calm and delivers advice that is spot on. He has a great ability to get to the heart of the matter.
Andrew Horne is a very strong lawyer, hard working and very enjoyable to work with.
Jane Standage is based in Auckland and offers extensive experience of large-scale domestic and international disputes. Her impressive commercial range covers such areas as class actions, financial services, insurance matters and questions of alleged professional negligence.
Jane Standage is commercially aware and very understanding of client needs.
She's an excellent black letter lawyer as she is able to apply black letter law to complicated scenarios and figure out a legal response to those issues in an easy to follow manner.
