Lloyd Kavanagh > MinterEllisonRuddWatts > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile

Lloyd is the founder of MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ highly acclaimed Financial Services Team and is also a former Chair of the firm. He advises many of New Zealand’s top financial institutions and boutiques. Major clients include ANZ Bank, ASB Bank, KiwiBank, TSB Bank, Westpac Bank, Aon, ANZ Investments, ASB Group Investments, Generate Wealth, KiwiWealth, Milford Asset Management, Pie Funds, and Sharesies. International clients such as Klarna Bank and Sumitomo Mitsubishi Banking Corporation also seek out his counsel. He has also advised the NZ Banker’s Association, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Ministry of Justice on key regulatory and governance issues.

He has extensive experience in public offers, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and restructuring projects. He also advises on securities regulation including the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMCA), anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), bank and non-bank deposit-taker regulation (Banking (Prudential Supervision) Act and Non-Bank Deposit-Takers Act), and the Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act.