Anti-money Laundering

Representative experience

Taking on the UK NCA when its failure to deal properly with a consent request threatened our client's business.

Advising a bank designated by the U.S. government as a "primary money laundering concern" on enhancing its AML procedures and successfully challenging its designation.

Defending the French subsidiary of a foreign bank against claims that it facilitated money laundering carried out by a network of entrepreneurs and religious associations.

Advising an international bank in relation to the first investigation by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority under its new AML law covering financial institutions.