Professional Qualifications

Areas of expertise

• Advising a leading fund manager on issues relation to the restructuring and closure of managed funds
• Advising New Zealand Bankers Association in relation to a review of governance
• Advising a leading bank on its AML/CFT obligations
• Advising a major fund manager on the restructuring of its private equity real estate fund
• Acting for Goldman Sachs JBWere on the sale of its NZ private wealth business to National Australia Bank
• Acting for NZ Guardian Trust on the merger of NZ Rural Property Trust with Rural Equities. Related article "Kiwi firms bring together rural property players" (ALB Legal News, 2 December 2009)
• Acting for Goldman Sachs JBWere and Quadrant as the joint lead managers on the IPO of Kathmandu
• Advising directors of companies in distress on governance responsibilities
• Advising trustee companies and fund managers on public and private unit trusts restructuring and refinancing
• Advising New Zealand Bankers Association and institutions on the Financial Advisers Act 2008, Financial Service Providers Act (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 and the Non-Bank Deposit-Takers regime
• Advised New Zealand Bankers Association on Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism Bill
• Advising on establishment of a wide range of investment products for fund managers, including preparation of public offering documents
• Advising on investment and portfolio management, administration and custody arrangements
• Advising on superannuation scheme establishment , compliance and winding up
• Establishment of in-house legal functions, and advice to general counsel developing processes and systems
• Leading legal and governance work streams of Fonterra formation and NZ Dairy Board deregulation, including Dairy Industry Restructuring Acts 1999 and 2001

• Co-author of "Traps for lawyers advising on trans-Tasman contracts" - looking at the contractual interpretation divide occurring on both sides of the ditch (NZ Lawyer issue 161, 3 June 2011)
• "Getting on with the business of life : implications of the Feltex verdict for directors"  (Company & Securities Law Bulletin (10) Oct 2010:125-128)
• Co-author of "The business of life - comment on the capital markets implications of the ‘Feltex Five’ verdict" (NZ Lawyer issue 144, 3 September 2010)
• "The next wave" - Lloyd Kavanagh discusses the most profound change for 30 years – the Securities Law review (NZ Lawyer issue 142, 6 August 2010)
• RadioLive interview "Feltex Directors Cleared" of Financial Reporting Act breaches - 3 August 2010
  Lloyd Kavanagh speaks to Andrew Patterson, RadioLive Host and Business Editor, after the Directors of Feltex were cleared of Financial Reporting Act breaches and criminal charges
• Author of "New Zealand's AML/CFT regime moves forward" (Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin October/November 2009)
• Co-author of "NZ wakes up to anti-money laundering risks - you should too - August 2009" - What it will mean for New Zealand (NZLawyer Article Issue 118)
• Co-author of the firm's White Paper on Corporate Governance
• "After the Dust Settles: A case study in fragmented regulations" - An abridged form of this article was published in the National Business Review on 19 December 2008
• Co-author of Legal Due Diligence on Funds for Institutional Investors
• Crown Deposit Guarantees - client seminar
• New Financial Intermediary Regime - Financial Intermediaries and Advisers - client seminar
• Analysing the New Role of the Securities Commission - Companies and Securities Law Conference Paper

International recognition