Richard Gordon > MinterEllisonRuddWatts > Wellington, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Offices
125 THE TERRACE
WELLINGTON
New Zealand
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Richard Gordon
Work Department
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner and Co-head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Career
Richard is a highly experienced civil and commercial litigator. He has a broad background in the resolution of commercial disputes, with specialist expertise in banking and securities law and insolvency.
Richard is a trusted adviser to New Zealand’s main trading banks, including ANZ, BNZ, Kiwibank, Rabobank, and The Co-operative Bank. He is also regularly instructed by top-tier insolvency practitioners PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, and BDO. His clients include major New Zealand corporates and businesses.
Languages
English
Education
LLM (Hons), University of Auckland (2000)
LLB, University of Waikato (1995)
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Restructuring and insolvency
(Leading individuals)New Zealand > Dispute resolution
Well-regarded for its ‘wide range of knowledge’ and ability to ‘provide a solution to complex problems’, the team at MinterEllisonRuddWatts regularly acts on critical and high-profile commercial litigation for large corporates and financial institutions. The practice offers expertise across the full spectrum of commercial litigation matters, including banking, environmental, insolvency, technology, and insurance-related disputes. In Wellington, Richard Gordon, who is a key port of call to New Zealand’s main trading banks, jointly leads the practice alongside Auckland-based Gillian Service, who specialises in people risk management for businesses. The ‘very acute and intelligent’ Jane Standage is regularly instructed on some of New Zealand’s most complex litigation and is lauded by clients for her ‘excellent judgement’. Andrew Horne is noted for his expertise in commercial disputes, corporate and regulatory issues, and technology-related disputes, while the ‘outstanding’ Stacey Shortall is frequently instructed to conduct internal reviews and self-assessments for clients and their boards. Nick Frith is another key contact, recommended for his focus on insurance disputes across all areas of the industry. Senior associate Olivia De Pont is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Transport (rail, road, air and sea)
- Projects and resources management (including environment)
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
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