Jennifer Hambleton

Jennifer is a highly experienced competition and consumer lawyer, with a particular specialty in merger clearances, enforcement actions, and disputes.

Jennifer advises on the full suite of competition and consumer law issues, including:

• merger clearances;
• authorisations;
• cartels, leniency applications and collaborative activities;
• investigations and enforcement actions; and
• competition and consumer law issues arising from contractual terms and practices.

Jennifer has extensive experience as a commercial litigator and has represented commercial and government clients on competition and consumer law actions, and commercial disputes, in all levels of the New Zealand courts.  She also has significant experience in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes, including expert determinations, arbitrations, and mediation.

Ranked as Rising Star by esteemed legal directory The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Jennifer is sought after for her clear thinking, commercial approach, and astute strategy setting.

Jennifer returned to MinterEllisonRuddWatts in 2016 after almost ten years in Australia where she worked in the competition teams at King & Wood Mallesons, Baker McKenzie, and Webb Henderson.  During her time in Australia, Jennifer acted on many high-profile competition enforcement actions, mergers, and other regulatory matters.  She was also seconded to in-house roles with Lion and Sportsbet.  Jennifer draws on this in-house experience to provide commercial and pragmatic advice to her clients.

* Subject to meeting the New Zealand Law Society’s requirements.