MinterEllisonRuddWatts

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.

Focusses / specialisms 

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.

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Westpac New Zealand, ANZ Bank New Zealand, Bank of New Zealand, The Co-operative Bank, TSB Bank, Metrics Capital, Bupa, Metlifecare, UPS, Ministry of Transport and Refining NZ.