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Stephen Cavanagh HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Stephen Cavanagh Stephen Cavanagh Stephen Cavanagh Stephen Cavanagh Partner Phone: +61 2 9334 8522 Stephen Cavanagh is a partner in the Regulatory and Financial Services Group specialising in banking and finance regulatory law. Stephen acts for a range of financial service providers advising generally on the laws relating to the creation, marketing, delivery and administration of retail financial products and services. He has a wealth of knowledge in drafting documents for innovative products, advising in connection with the acquisition and disposal of regulated businesses and advising in respect of the resolution of compliance breaches. He is a creative thinker who strives for simple solutions to complex regulatory issues. Stephen's experience includes advising on banking and financial services laws, credit, privacy, spam, anti-money laundering, payment systems, unfair terms, trade practices (including advertising and marketing issues) and relevant Codes of Practice and dealing with regulators including ASIC, APRA, RBA and AUSTRAC. Stephen has practised both as a barrister and solicitor and, for a period, was an Associate Professor at Law at the University of NSW teaching in the contract, consumer and commercial law fields. He was the Chairman of the Commercial Tribunal of NSW (1990-1996), which has jurisdiction in respect of credit legislation and the licensing of credit providers, and was the consultant to the Australian Financial Systems Inquiry (Wallis Inquiry) for consumer credit matters. Stephen has published a number of texts including "Product Liability in Australia" (Butterworths, 1983) and "Consumer Credit Law in Australia" (Butterworths, 1988). Stephen is recognised as a leading lawyer by Banking-Asia Law Profiles (2007), Bank Regulatory IFLR 1000 (2007) and AFR (2010).

Stephen Cavanagh

Stephen CavanaghBlake Dawson Waldron - Our People - Stephen CavanaghOur People Home > Our People > Stephen Cavanagh Stephen CavanaghStephen Cavanagh is ranked as a leading lawyer for banking in Asialaw Profiles (2007) and for bank regulatory work in the IFLR1000 (2007). Stephen specialises in banking, financial services reform, credit, privacy, anti-money laundering, fair trading and trade practices legislation (including advertising, marketing and unconscionability issues) as well as relevant Codes of Practice.He acts for a range of financial service providers. Prior to joining Blake Dawson Waldron, Stephen was the Chairman of the Commercial Tribunal of NSW (1990-1996), conducted a public inquiry in 1992 on behalf of the NSW government into the question of a maximum interest lending rate for consumer credit and was the first Australian Credit Union EFT Arbitrator.Stephen was the consultant to the Australian Financial Systems Inquiry (Wallis Inquiry) for consumer credit matters and was a member of the task force for the review of the Consumer Credit Code. Stephen has published a number of texts on retail and consumer law.Stephen is a member of the Financial Services Committee of the Law Council of Australia.

Stephen Cavanagh +61 2 9258 6000 Home > Our People > Stephen Cavanagh Stephen CavanaghStephen Cavanagh is the Practice Head of the Retail Finance practice area, specialising in banking, financial services reform, credit, privacy, fair trading and trade practices legislation (including advertising, marketing and unconscionability issues) as well as relevant Codes of Practice.He acts for a range of financial service providers. Prior to joining Blake Dawson Waldron, Stephen was the Chairman of the Commercial Tribunal of NSW (1990-1996), conducted a public inquiry in 1992 on behalf of the NSW government into the question of a maximum interest lending rate for consumer credit and was the first Australian Credit Union EFT Arbitrator.Stephen was the consultant to the Australian Financial Systems Inquiry (Wallis Inquiry) for consumer credit matters and was a member of the task force for the review of the Consumer Credit Code. Stephen has published a number of texts on retail and consumer law.Stephen is a member of the Financial Services Committee of the Law Council of Australia.