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.
Below are some of the services we provide:
In this article we explore the objectives of Financial Intelligence and why this matters to your business as an Accountable Institution
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.
The burden of eliminating harm or risk, including cost, is a legitimate consideration in decision making relating to the treatment of compliance risks.
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.
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…