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Financial crime risk and compliance

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Managing financial crime risk in a practical and proactive manner.

With new threats emerging, regulations evolving, and criminal sophistication increasing, our clients face complex compliance challenges. Leveraging people, processes, data and technology resources, KordaMentha helps clients manage risk and compliance. With unparalleled expertise, we tailor solutions to our clients’ unique business requirements.

As recognised experts in financial crime risk and compliance we provide clients with AML, CTF and sanctions advice and a highly collaborative and practical approach to solving complex problems.

We understand the challenges faced by our clients, having worked as AML and CTF Compliance Officers and having consulted across a wide range of clients in the domestic and international financial services sectors, regulators and industry groups.

How we can help you

We help clients understand money laundering and terrorism financing threats and vulnerabilities and potential sanctions risks and work to ensure they have a risk-based systems and controls in place.  

AML and CTF

We assess AML and CTF risk and help our clients to design and implement a tailored AML and CTF Framework. We provide ongoing support through control testing and assurance activities and Independent Reviews.

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Sanctions

We help clients to understand how economic and financial sanctions apply to their business, and develop, monitor and maintain a compliant sanctions framework.

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Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption

Our experts assist clients to understand and manage their anti-bribery and anti-corruption obligations and manage third-party risks. We also design and implement business integrity/due diligence controls.

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Regulatory strategy

We provide tailored financial crime risk frameworks and advice to allow you to comply with your regulatory obligations. Drawing on our extensive experience interpreting complex regulatory requirements, we assist to streamline the often costly and time‑consuming process of responding to a regulatory investigation. We help clients understand their reporting requirements, developing a remediation plan and assist with ongoing risk management.

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Expert witness and independent auditor

Our Partners have the experience that regulators and law firms rely on to determine whether to commence proceedings, provide expert opinion and progress financial crime matters.

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Our experience

We work with our clients to identify, manage and respond to the full suite of financial crime risks and compliance issues facing their business.

Expert opinion

Our AML and CTF specialists were engaged to provide a joint expert opinion related to a significant Australian Reporting Entities AML and CTF Compliance Program. We conducted a technical assessment, interviews and examinations.

Our findings were then provided in an expert report and tested under extensive cross examination by Senior Counsel. We were subsequently requested to provide an updated expert opinion, based on improvements made to the client’s AML and CTF Risk Assessment and Program.

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