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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Offices

MinterEllisonRuddWatts
PWC TOWER, 15 CUSTOMS STREET WEST
PO BOX 105 249
AUCKLAND 1143
New Zealand
Visit website 64 9 353 9700 64 9 353 9701

Emma Warden

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+64 4 498 5041 emma.warden@minterellison.co.nz View profile View profile

Work Department

Litigation and Dispute Resolution - Employment

Position

Special Counsel

Career

Emma is an employment and health and safety law specialist, whose expertise spans both contentious and non-contentious issues. She also specialises in public law and education law.

Emma advises both private and public sector employers on all their employment-related issues. She regularly drafts employment and health and safety documentation, assists clients with employment due diligence and advises on the employment-related aspects of taking on new staff or buying or transferring a business. She advises clients with employment issues arising in the context of receiverships and helps employers to carry out restructuring, poor performance and disciplinary processes, including employment investigations. She also represents clients at mediation, the Employment Relations Authority, and the Employment Court.

Emma enjoys helping clients identify pragmatic ways to manage and resolve complex employment and health and safety matters. She understands the media, political and reputational risks facing many of her clients and helps them to manage and minimise those risks.

Emma also assists public sector and education sector clients to comply with their statutory obligations, including under their governing legislation and the Official Information Act.

Languages

English

Education

LLB (Hons), BA, Victoria University of Wellington

Lawyer Rankings

New Zealand > Labour and employment

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Emma Warden – MinterEllisonRuddWatts

The team at MinterEllisonRuddWatts is noted for its prowess in employee relations, health and safety, industrial laws and employee privacy, among other matters. The practice is co-led by Gillian Service, an Auckland-based expert in industries such as transport, oil and gas, retail and financial services, alongside Megan Richards who works from Wellington and is a key port of call for government departments and crown entities. The Auckland office is also home to June Hardacre, a go-to for banks and investment firms, as well as special counsel Emma Warden who acts on both contentious and non-contentious mandates.

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