Gillian Service > MinterEllisonRuddWatts > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile

Based across the firm’s Auckland and Wellington offices, MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ ‘first-rate’ employment practice has demonstrable experience across employee and industrial relations, health and safety matters, financial services remuneration and conduct, as well as employee privacy issues. ‘Widely respected for her calm, sound and strategically nuanced advice on complex issues’, Gillian Service leads the Auckland-based team and handles issues relating to flexible working, the Holidays Act and unionised workforces. The Auckland office is also home to ‘technically accurate’ June Hardacre, who is noted for her expertise in data protection and employee privacy mandates, and Aaron Lloyd, who handles regulatory investigations and employment-related litigation. Praised for her ‘intellectual rigour and expertise’, Megan Richards spearheads the Wellington-based practice, advising on matters with political and reputational risk, including independent investigations into bullying and sexual harassment allegations, executive appointments and exits/terminations. Special counsel Emma Warden is another key figure in the Wellington team.