Financial Crime.
UK and global focus on economic crime and the damage it does to society has been, and continues to be, a significant focus for regulators and firms alike.
Our Financial Crime team has a well-established market leading reputation, working on some of the highest profile and contentious financial crime matters.
The team operates across all areas of financial crime including AML, counter terrorist financing, sanctions, market abuse, bribery, fraud and tax evasion. We have significant experience working with firms of all sizes to enhance their control frameworks to mitigate the risks they face. Services we offer include:
How we can help
Skilled person reviews (s.166)
Our financial crime team have delivered multiple skilled person reviews covering all aspects of financial crime. Additionally we work with firms under a s166 and provide them with practical advice about how to successfully navigate these reviews.
Risk Assessments
Risk assessments are the foundation of any financial crime prevention programme (or they should be). Our team are passionate about constructing assessments that address real risks and produce meaningful output.
Assurance & Independent reviews
We have performed a number of large assurance reviews, ultimately providing the senior management of firms with a view on how successful a change programme has been and/or how a control framework is performing.
Regulatory preparation
A number of our team have worked at the FCA and carried out dozens of regulatory visits to firms. If you’re subject to one of these there is no one better equipped than our Financial Crime team to help you put your best foot forward.
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training
When assessing root causes as part of our s166 work, training regularly features as an issue that has not been properly addressed. Our training focuses on real life examples that are tailored to the risks you firm faces.
Crypto asset sector
We work with a number of digital asset firms, initially in relation to successfully getting registered, and post this, operating a effective control framework. A number of our staff have worked in the FCA’s crypto asset team.
Framework design
We enjoy rolling up our sleeves and working with you to put in place a robust, proportionate control framework. We’ve worked with lots of firms, so we know what good looks like as well as common pitfalls firms fall into.
Remediation programme
Our remediation support comes in the form of SME input in the design of enhanced controls - but also bandwidth to get the job done when tasks need to be successfully executed at pace.
Audit and due diligence
We carry out audits for a number of firms - sometimes at the request of their clearing bank. We also provide due diligence support to firms looking to fully understand what they are purchasing from a financial crime risk management perspective.
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Kate Robinson, Principal and Head of Financial Crime
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