MinterEllisonRuddWatts

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]