MinterEllisonRuddWatts boasts expertise in representing defendants against regulatory bodies, including the Financial Markets Authority, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and the Commerce Commission. The firm’s expertise includes representing clients in disputes surrounding banking and finance, regulatory investigations, insurance, consumer protection, and white-collar crime. Practice head Richard Gordon specialises in contract law disputes. Within the wider team, Stacey Shortall specialises in regulatory investigations and criminal prosecutions, and Andrew Horne brings insight into financial services, insurance, and technology matters. Jane Standage is well-versed in arbitration cases, Nick Frith advises on insolvency issues, and Olivia De Pont is also a noted member of the team.

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Key clients

Bathurst Resources Limited
Booster Financial Services Group
Channel Infrastructure NZ Limited
Dassault Systèmes Australia Pty Ltd
MacLab (NZ) Limited
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Spark Group
Tegel Group
viagogo AG
Z Energy Group

Work highlights

Acted for Dassault Systèmes, a multinational software solutions provider, in a complex, multijurisdictional dispute following the cancellation of a major IT project for the New Zealand Department of Corrections.
Acted for Bathurst and Buller in a landmark case, successfully overturning a USD$40m "Performance Payment" judgment in the Supreme Court.
Acted for BT Mining and Channel in New Zealand's first-ever climate change tort proceedings, brought by a climate activist seeking to hold companies accountable for greenhouse gas emissions.

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