With offices in Auckland and Wellington, MinterEllisonRuddWatts is part of the Australia-based MinterEllison Legal Group that has 1700 employees across offices in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Darwin, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Ulaanbaatar. The firm is best known for its restructuring and insolvency team and financing practice but also has expertise in M&A, private equity and project development work. It also actively advises clients in debt and equity capital markets.