MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
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Asia – Pacific
Chair: Janine Stewart
Chief Executive: Andrew Poole
Number of partners: 49
Number of lawyers: 162
Languages: Arabic, Cantonese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Māori, Spanish, Tongan
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 49 partners and more than 162 other legal staff. It has a proud New Zealand history, dating back more than 1430 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.
Banking and Finance
Key Clients: ANZ, BNZ, ASB, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Rabobank, Wellington Gateway Partnership, The Treasury | Te Tai Ōhanga, Tourism Holdings, Z Energy, American Express, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Contact: Kate Lane
Tel: +64 9 353 9992
Email: [email protected]
Competition / Antitrust
Key Clients: Tegal, Tourism Holdings Limited, AlphaTheta Corporation, ACM New Zealand, Viagogo, Assa Abloy Australia Pty Limited, Action Manufacturing, Z Energy, Tuatahi First Fibre, ASB, Enable Networks
Key Clients: Tegal,Tourism Holdings, AlphaTheta Corporation, ACM New Zealand, Viagogo, Assa Abloy Australia, Action Manufacturing, Z Energy, Tuatahi First Fibre, ASB, Enable Networks.
Contact: Jennifer Hambleton
Tel: +64 9 353 9794
Email: [email protected]
Construction and Infrastructure
Key Clients: Metlifecare, Mercury Energy, Kiwi Property, Fulton Hogan, Jacobs New Zealand, Wellington Gateway Partnership, Auckland Council, Ministry of Transport | Waka Kotahi, , Crown Infrastructure Delivery, Generus Living Group.
Contact: Mark Crosbie | Scott Thompson
Tel: +64 9 353 9968 | +64 9 353 9994
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Corporate / Commercial
Key Clients: ANZ, Brookfield, Five V Capital, Fonterra Co-operative Group, Ngai Tahu Holdings Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Tourism Holdings, Tower, Warner Bros Discovery, Z Energy Group..
Contact: Mark Forman | John Conlan
Tel: +64 9 353 9944 | +64 4 498 5037
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Key Clients: Bathurst Resources, BNZ, Booster Financial Services Group, Channel Infrastructure, Dassault Systèmes Australia, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LPF Group, Westpac Bank, Z Energy Group.
Contact: Jane Standage | Richard Gordon
Tel: +64 9 353 9754 | +64 4 498 5006
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Employment
Key Clients: Aon Insurance, Colliers International, The Warehouse Group, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Warner Brothers Discovery, Cotton On, IBM, Fonterra, Qantas Group.
Contact: Gillian Service | Megan Evans
Tel: +64 9 353 9817 | +64 4 498 5023
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Energy and Natural Resources
Key Clients: Z Energy, Channel Infrastructure, Todd Corporation, Genesis Energy, Meridian Energy, Alpine Energy, Northpower, Taharoa Ironsands, Tūpore Infrastructure
Contact: Scott Thompson | John Conlan
Tel: +64 9 353 9994 | +64 4 498 5037
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Environment and Resource Management
Key clients: Z Energy, Channel Infrastructure, Taharoa Ironsands, Tūpore Infrastructure, Southern Cross Healthcare, Metlifecare, Stride Property, Argosy Property, Pan Pac Forest Products.
Contact: Bianca Tree | Stephanie de Groot
Tel: +64 9 353 9784 | +64 9 353 9765
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Insurance
Key Clients: Youi NZ, AMP Life, Marsh, AIG,Southern Cross Insurance, Fulton Hogan, Auckland Council, AA Insurance, AIA, Aon, Asteron Life Insurance, HDI Global Speciality SE, Marsh, Medical Assurance Society, Suncorp New Zealand, Tower Insurance, Vero, Willis Towers Watson.
Contact: Andrew Horne | Nick Frith
Tel: +64 9 353 9903 | +64 9 353 9718
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Intellectual Property
Key Clients: Channel Infrastructure, Kiwibank, The New Zealand Merino Group, Icebreaker, Fonterra Co-operative Group, ASOS Plc and ASOS Holdings, Scholastic Inc,Two Degrees Mobile, Entain.
Contact: Christopher Young | Richard Wells
Tel: +64 9 353 9910 | + 64 9 353 9908
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Financial Services and Investment Funds
Key Clients: Dai-ichi Life, Futureverse, Sharesies, ASB Group Investments, Booster Investment Management, Camco Management, deVere New Zealand, Fisher Funds, Go Lend, Icehouse Ventures, Milford Asset Management, Rabobank, Tower Insurance.
Contact: Lloyd Kavanagh | Jeremy Muir
Tel: +64 9 353 9976 | +64 9 353 9819
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Public Law
Key Clients: Department of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, The Treasury, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Natural Hazards Commission, NZ Transport Agency, ASB Bank, Fullers Group, Westpac New Zealand, Zespri International.
Contact: Briony Davies | Megan Evans
Tel: +64 4 498 5134 | +64 4 498 5023
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Real Estate
Key Clients: Global Forest Partners, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, ANZ Bank of New Zealand, Argosy Property, Bupa Care Services New Zealand, IKEA New Zealand, Kiwi Property Group, Precinct Properties, Metlifecare, Milford Asset Management, Stride Prop & Stride Invest Mgmt, Westpac Investments, Z Energy.
Contact: David Gilbert | Holly Hill
Tel: +64 9 353 9978 | +64 4 498 5173
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Restructuring and Insolvency
Key Clients: The Treasury | Te Tai Ōhanga, ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Westpac, Rabobank, Kiwibank, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, BDO, Baker Tilly Staples Rodway, McGrathNicol, Grant Thornton, Calibre Partners, LPF Group.
Contact: Sean Gollin | Michael Langdon
Tel: +64 9 353 9814 | +64 9 353 9981
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Tax
Key Clients: The Treasury | Te Tai Ōhanga, Fonterra, Sharesies, Dai – ichi Life, Wellington Gateway Partnership, Westpac, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), amicaa Investments Pty, Tower, Todd Corporation, Z Energy.
Contact: Andrew Ryan | Simon Akozu
Tel: +64 9 353 9950 | +64 9 353 9706
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Technology, Media, Telecommunications (TMT)
Key Clients: Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua, Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, Pie Funds Management, Dassault Systems, Datagrid New Zealand, ANZ Bank, Westpac New Zealand, Z Energy, New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi, Mediaworks Holdings, Warner Brothers, Discovery, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.
Contact: Tom Maasland | Jane Parker
Tel: +64 9 353 9875 | +64 4 498 5128
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
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
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