Fiona Tregonning

Special Counsel | Mātanga Ture
MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Fiona is a general commercial litigation and arbitration lawyer. She leads the Arbitration team within MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ national Disputes Resolution division and has a wealth of experience in working with clients to effectively resolve complex or international disputes across a range of industry sectors. She has acted in multiple arbitrations under New Zealand’s Arbitration Act, as well as High Court challenges to arbitral awards and stays of proceedings, and international arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce rules.  Her practice includes contractual disputes, advice on dispute resolution clauses, financial services regulatory issues, health and safety obligations, conduct and culture matters, and anti-bribery and corruption issues. 

Fiona took up a Fulbright scholarship to undertake an LLM at Harvard Law School in 2002, following which she spent a year seconded by the Harvard Sussex Program to work at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague.  Fiona then spent five years at Herbert Smith (now Herbert Smith Freehills) in London and Hong Kong working on commercial litigation and arbitration matters.  Prior to joining MinterEllisonRuddWatts in August 2017, she spent a number of years working at another major New Zealand law firm.