Olivia de Pont
Senior Associate - Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Olivia de Pont is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution team, specialising in commercial litigation.
Olivia has particular expertise in insurance law, and has represented a number of major insurers and insureds on disputes relating to house insurance policies, material damage/business interruption policies, professional indemnity insurance and life insurance. She has also acted on large class actions and regulatory investigations, and has experience advising on a range of contract, tort and restitution issues.
Olivia began her career as a Judges Clerk at the Auckland High Court, following which she commenced practice at a top boutique commercial litigation firm. Olivia also has a Master of Laws from New York University, where she received a Dean’s Graduate Award. Olivia joined MinterEllisonRuddWatts in June 2018 from another large commercial law firm.
Professional background
Admitted
- 2013, New Zealand
Qualifications
- LLM, New York University
- LLB (Hons), BA, University of Auckland
Specialisations
- Insurance law
- Class Actions
- Contractual disputes
Olivia de Pont
- Office
- Auckland
- Phone
- +64 9 353 9738
- Mobile
- +64 27 202 1400
- Olivia.dePont@minterellison.co.nz
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-de-pont-89883b167/