MinterEllisonRuddWatts

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 140 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

New Zealand