Legal Services for Entrepreneurs

Contract

DIY Contract Assist


Get assistance with drafting your own contract, from the comfort of your device, any time, anywhere.

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Assessment

DIY Assessment Assist


Manage the distribution, completion and analysis of regulatory assessments.

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AWM Attorneys is a digitally minded law firm that services the entrepreneurial needs of Startups and Scaleups.

We provide insight and guidance at all stages of the business model innovation lifecycle to assist entrepreneurs to manage their legal and regulatory risks effectively. This is achieved primarily through advising on the negotiation and drafting of contracts and development of their internal governance policies and procedures. Understanding new ways of working, particularly in risk management, we collaborate with our clients to find opportunity in traditional legal and compliance problems.

We understand that available budgets for legal services differ and we offer a range of legal service delivery models, from niche advisory services to FinTechs, to an assisted do-it-yourself model, making legal services available even to bootstrapping garage based Startups.

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Below are some of the services we provide:

  • Advice in choice of business entity.
  • Advice in managing the relationship between entity founders.
  • Regulatory advisory services in Banking, Consumer, Payments, Privacy, Anti Money Laundering and
  • Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Electronic Transactions and Credit Law.
  • Compliance due diligence for new products and services.
  • New product terms and conditions and terms of service.
  • Negotiation of IT related agreements.
  • Dispute resolution.
  • Representation/preparation in court, tribunal or disciplinary proceedings.
  • Assistance with Regulator engagement.
  • We also provide coaching in legal and regulatory aspects of business model innovation, agile software delivery and new ways of work.

The value of Financial Intelligence

In this article we explore the objectives of Financial Intelligence and why this matters to your business as an Accountable Institution

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Paid the wrong beneficiary! What happens if they keep the money?

It is important for both payers and recipients of money in error to know the legal situation if the recipient fails or refuses to repay the money.

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It's ok to count the cost of compliance

The burden of eliminating harm or risk, including cost, is a legitimate consideration in decision making relating to the treatment of compliance risks.

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Risk Based Approach and Reasonably Practicable

Privacy and OHS Regulation refer to implementing reasonably practicable safeguards. Anti Money Laundering regulation refers to a Risk Based Approach. Case Law from OHS is helpful in understanding these terms.

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Stolen Money, FinTechs and Money Laundering

If your FinTech has no Financial Intelligence reporting obligation it also has no defence to Statutory Money Laundering Crimes. And that’s a big problem…

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