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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises AI Leader, Soul Machines, On USD70m Capital Raise
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 9:42 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts advised Soul Machines on its USD70 million capital raise led by Japanese venture capital firm, SoftBank. The Auckland based AI start-up plans to use the new funds to expand its research into mimicking human ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts named finalist in multiple categories
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 9:05 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has been named as a finalist in multiple categories including Large Law Firm of the Year and Employer of Choice in this year’s New Zealand Law Awards. More >>
Financing New Zealand’s Infrastructure And Improved Social Outcomes
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 4:01 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
To grow the economy and improve social outcomes, New Zealand needs sustained and ongoing investment in and improvements to its infrastructure. Last year’s budget did not allocate sufficient funding to address the infrastructure deficit which is ... More >>
COVID-19 Reaction, Increased Regulatory Action And Legislative Change Ahead
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 8:54 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Continued responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, greater regulatory action and adjustments to legislation will all shape the litigation landscape in the year ahead. These are among the predictions made by MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ leading dispute resolution ... More >>
Supreme Court Raises The Stakes For Directors Of Distressed Businesses
Monday, 28 September 2020, 1:12 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
The Supreme Court last Thursday released its long awaited decision on directors duties engaged on a company’s insolvency – Debut Homes Limited (in liquidation) v Cooper [2020] NZSC 100. The decision has profound implications for directors confronted ... More >>
Top Tier Firm Advises On MediaWorks Strategic Sale
Monday, 7 September 2020, 12:23 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts advised MediaWorks on its sale agreement to sell MediaWorks TV to Discovery Inc (Discovery), a global leader of ‘real-life’ entertainment. MediaWorks is New Zealand’s largest independent commercial broadcaster, ... More >>
New Zealand Pathology Business To Be Acquired By NZ Super And Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Thursday, 6 August 2020, 11:49 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Healthscope has agreed to the sale of its New Zealand pathology business, Asia Pacific Healthcare Group (APHG), to New Zealand Superannuation Fund and the Canadian Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), each taking a 50 per cent share. The sale is valued ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Moves To New PwC Tower, Commercial Bay
Monday, 3 August 2020, 12:50 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts relocates its Auckland office to a new purpose-built work space in the PwC Tower at Commercial Bay today. The firm’s Auckland office, comprising 245 people, occupies three and a half floors of the new PwC Tower, ... More >>
Leading Law Firm Named As An Employer Of Choice
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 10:09 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts has been named as a top workplace in the NZ Lawyer Employer of Choice 2020 list. The list recognises workplaces leading the way with policies, programs and initiatives that engage staff in 11 areas including ... More >>
Rise Of The Discretionary Beneficiary?
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 10:08 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
In our previous alert on the incoming Trusts Act 2019, we explained how the new Act would provide clarity on the rights of discretionary beneficiaries. The High Court has now provided further clarity on beneficiaries’ rights in New Zealand ... More >>
New Trusts Act: Trust Game Changer
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 11:32 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Overlaid on these tragic and worrying times of COVID 19, where many are reflecting on their existing Trusts and dispositions, is a new Trusts Act which will impose new obligations on trustees, settlors and beneficiaries and affect how Trusts operate. ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Named As New Zealand Law Firm Of The Year By Chambers
Monday, 20 April 2020, 2:13 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has been named New Zealand Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Asia Pacific Awards 2020 - it’s the second time the firm has held the prestigious award in four years. Andrew Poole, Chief Executive of MinterEllisonRuddWatts ... More >>
Will Latest COVID-19 Tax Changes Reignite M&A Transactions?
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 4:46 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
While targeted as relief for small and medium-sized enterprises adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, new tax measures announced today by the Government apply more broadly and may have significant implications for M&A transactions. ... More >>
Iwi-owned Go Bus To Be Acquired By Leading Australian Transport Operator
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 9:11 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation and Tainui Group Holdings have agreed to the sale of public transport company, Go Bus, to Melbourne-based industry operator, Kinetic. Go Bus is one of New Zealand’s largest public transport operators with operations ... More >>
Stacey Shortall Named Social Mobility Lawyer Of The Year For Asia-Pacific
Friday, 6 March 2020, 4:59 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Congratulations to Partner Stacey Shortall , named Social Mobility Lawyer of the Year at the inaugural Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards: Asia-Pacific 2020 announced in Mumbai, India last night. The Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards ... More >>
A positive, but cautious outlook for M&A activity in 2020
Friday, 31 January 2020, 2:49 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
After recent surges in activity in 2018 and 2019, New Zealand’s M&A activity is expected to slow down in 2020, with processes taking longer, and some deals failing to complete. More >>
International recognition for diversity changemaker
Friday, 17 January 2020, 11:10 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Congratulations to Partner Stacey Shortall , named as a finalist in the inaugural Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards: Asia-Pacific 2020. More >>
Stacey Shortall semi-finalist for New Zealander of the Year
Monday, 16 December 2019, 3:44 pm | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Ten New Zealander’s who are prepared to go the extra mile for their communities have been named as semi-finalists in the 2020 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year - and MinterEllisonRuddWatts Partner Stacey Shortall is one of them. More >>
Sustainability takes flight at Air NZ, Top 200 awards
Friday, 6 December 2019, 10:04 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Congratulations to Air New Zealand on being presented the MinterEllisonRuddWatts Sustainable Business Leadership award at last night’s Deloitte Top 200 Awards. More >>
MMC to acquire Aegis from ASB
Friday, 11 October 2019, 9:56 am | Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Investment administration specialist MMC is set to acquire ASB’s private wealth administration and custody business after signing a sale and purchase agreement with ASB yesterday. More >>
