As a summer clerk, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in our many practice areas and get involved in client facing work. You will enjoy learning alongside experts in their field, working with clients from the get-go and having hands-on experience with exciting and stimulating projects.
What sets us apart isn’t just the work we do – it’s how we do it.
About the firm
Location
Auckland, Wellington.
Areas of expertise
Full-service law firm including Banking and Financial Services, Corporate, Commercial, Tax, Competition, International Trade, IT, IP, Real Estate, Environment, Construction, Litigation, Employment and Insolvency.
Staff
49 partners, and approximately 300 total staff.
Contact
PO Box 105 249, Auckland City 1143.
PwC Tower, 15 Customs St West, Auckland 1010.
MinterEllisonRuddWatts is a leading full-service, legal and business advisory firm with offices in Auckland and Wellington. We have excellent connections in Australia, and around the world, including as a member of the World Law Group – a global network of leading independent firms providing borderless collaboration and global expertise.
We are a New Zealand owned and operated partnership with 49 Partners and more than 180 other legal staff. Our firm’s proud Kiwi heritage dates back more than 140 years and is the foundation on which we have built an enviable reputation.
In Chambers Asia-Pacific we have five Band 1 ranked practice areas, with 46 individually ranked lawyers. We were also named New Zealand’s Law Firm of the Year at the prestigious Chambers Asia Pacific Awards 2024 – for the third time since 2017. In the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific rankings we have 45 lawyers ranked across 12 practice areas.
We work to provide a seamless experience for our clients, here and around the world. As a member of the MinterEllison Legal Group, we offer our clients access to one of the largest full-service legal groups in the Asia-Pacific region – and can hand pick a team of legal experts to fit our client’s business needs.As the business world rapidly evolves, everything we do is underpinned by a constant focus on continuous improvement and delivering innovative solutions. We are seen by the market as being progressive and forward thinking, with a constant eye on the horizon to help our clients really get the best results for their business.
As one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, we think beyond the law, applying commercial knowledge and innovative thinking to some of New Zealand’s most high-profile transactions, projects and disputes. With a deep understanding of our clients, we tackle problems from all angles, meaning we always find the best solutions.
Recent highlights for the firm
- New Zealand’s Law Firm of the Year at Chambers Asia Pacific Awards 2024
- M&A Deal of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards 2024
- Gender Diverse Organisation Leader at the Women in Governance Awards 2024
- National Firm of the Year for Gender Diversity at the Asia-Pacific Women in Business Law Awards 2023
- Named as a top employer in the NZ Lawyer 5-star Employer of Choice 2023 list
- Named New Zealand Deal Firm of the Year at the 2022 Australasian Law Awards
- Voted by clients as ‘Best Provider to Financial and Insurance Services’ in Australasia in this year’s prestigious Beaton Client Choice Awards 2022
- Partner Stacey Shortall named as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to the law and the community in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday honours list
- The first law firm to publish our gender and ethnic pay gaps in a public register as part of mindthegap.co.nz
- Established Ngā Karahipi Whakaeke – the MinterEllisonRuddWatts Awards Programme to encourage greater diversity in the law profession