Senior Associate, Auckland

Andrew Suggate

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Profile

Andrew specialises in financial services law, advising domestic and offshore financial services businesses on all aspects of raising and investing capital, investment structuring, financial product offering and distribution, prudential and conduct regulation, consumer credit, financial advice and other financial services.

Andrew has extensive experience working in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, advising banks, fund managers, non-bank deposit takers, FinTechs, private funds, consumer credit providers, financial advice businesses, insurers, brokers, investment platform providers and other financial services businesses.

  • Twice recognised as a “Next Generation Lawyer” by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
  • Ranked “Up and Coming” by Chambers and Partners
  • Member of the Banking and Financial Services Law Associate (BFSLA)
  • Member of the Institution of Financial Professions New Zealand (INFINZ)


Work highlights

Advising a number of fund managers

including major banks, on the establishment of retail and wholesale managed investment and KiwiSaver funds

Advising a major commercial bank

on the establishment of discretionary investment management service (DIMS) for the bank's wealth management business

Advising an investment platform and broker

on obtaining NZX Participant status

Advising a major commercial bank

in relation to the establishment and bank's operation of the government's Business Finance Guarantee Scheme

Advising a number of investment managers

on establishment of private equity and venture capital funds, as well as overseas investment managers on wholesale fund of fund structures

Advising on the establishment and ongoing operations

of several equity crowd-funding and peer-to-peer lending platforms