Lloyd Kavanagh
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Financial Services
Band 1
About
Provided by Lloyd Kavanagh
Practice Areas
Lloyd is an internationally acclaimed financial services lawyer and deal maker. He is also a sought-after adviser on investment funds, insurance, banking, FinTech, financial services regulation, and corporate governance.
Lloyd 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. He is a member of the Financial Services Council Sustainable Investment Working Group and was a member of the Ministry of Justice’s Industry Advisory Group on AML/CFT.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Lloyd Kavanagh is co-head of the MinterEllisonRuddWatts funds and financial services team and is regularly instructed on a variety of complex regulatory mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lloyd Kavanaghis my go-to lawyer when I need commercially savvy, but highly technical advice."
"Lloydwas really excellent at distilling down relevant information and targeting his advice to the right audience."
"Lloyd Kavanaghis my go-to lawyer when I need commercially savvy, but highly technical advice."
"Lloydwas really excellent at distilling down relevant information and targeting his advice to the right audience."
Articles, highlights and press releases
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New Zealand’s insurance sector is experiencing unprecedented demand from repeated extreme weather events less than two months into the year. At the same time, new developments in other areas also challenge the industry.
New Zealand’s insurance sector is experiencing unprecedented demand from repeated extreme weather events less than two months into the year. At the same time, new developments in other areas also challenge the industry.
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