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Our clients include

The Principals Community
Blockchain Australia - industry body that represents Australian businesses in the digital economy - client testimonial
CPA Australia - a professional accounting body in Australia - client testimonial
Bankwest - an Australian full-service bank - client testimonial
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) - client testimonial
Arrive Wealth Management
Pitcher Partners - Accounting and Audit Firm - client testimonial
BDO - Accounting and Financial Services business - client testimonial
Bongiorno Group - AFSL and ACL holders - client testimonial
Equitable Investors - an Independent Investment Manager - client testimonial

Our most popular services

Licensing in Australia

Are you located overseas and looking to expand your financial services business into Australia?  Our team can help with legal advice, Australian Financial Services Licence and Australian Credit Licence applications, training and document needs.

DDO

We assist AFSL holders, authorised representatives, credit licensees and credit representatives to meet their design and distribution obligations (DDO). From new product launches to distribution strategies, helping with your TMDs or reviewing your product governance arrangements, our lawyers provide comprehensive legal assistance across all aspects of DDO. 

Commercial Work

Our commercial arm of the firm not only supports our financial services clients, but we also act for many mid to large sized corporations, helping them with broad commercial law needs.

AML/CTF

Our lawyers have a deep understanding in Financial Crime, including the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF ) obligations for reporting entities and financial services and credit firms.  We can help you register your business with AUSTRAC, prepare or draft your AML/CTF Program and help you with setting out your Risk Registers.

Latest Resources

Recent Insight
Recent Insight

Why your AML/CTF Program needs to be independently reviewed regularly

The AML/CTF Act states that the independent review should be conducted “regularly”, having regard to the nature and size of your business, the complexity of the services you provide, and the level of ML/TF risk faced by your business.

WEBINAR: Breach Reporting
WEBINAR: Breach Reporting

Identifying and reporting common incidents and breaches
In this highly practical webinar, we’ll take you step-by-step through the Incident and Breach reporting process using some common situations that we’ve come across.

Responsible Manager Training
Responsible Manager Training

Our half-day workshop has been designed to provide Responsible Managers and compliance staff with an overview of the role of the Responsible Manager and how they fit within the broader regulatory framework.