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5 Tips to Help Your Law Firm with Anti Money Laundering
Anti-money laundering for law firms has always been a concern, what is “enough” information on a client to determine they’re legitimate, and their money is legal? But over the past few years there has been a growing concern within the industry as a whole, specifically pushed by the SRA and Law Society that enough simply isn’t being done. Take for example the story of Mishcon de Reya being fined for AML compliance breaches. They were smacked with a fine of £232,500 which highlights the reinvigorated push for better AML compliance and AML checks within law firms.
With the need for more stringent anti-money laundering checks in the legal sector, we have put together a list of some top tips on how to help you combat money-laundering.
Your Legal CV: Why It’s Still Critical to Your Success This Year
If you are ready to move on in your legal career, I have a question for you; is your CV profiling you in
the best light? I explain more in this week’s posts. ->
Is Alpha Legal the *fastest* as well as the most secure way to collect and verify ID? Take 3 minutes to read this and decide for yourself
We’ve been analysing the time being taken by clients to complete their ID document requests within Alpha Legal. We’re regularly seeing start-to-finish times of 3 minutes now. That’s literally 3 minutes for the user to Compare that to the physical process of visiting you in your office, bringing their paperwork in, having you photocopy or scan it and then you […]
Learn How to Protect Yourself from Ransomware with These Cybersecurity Essentials
From the attack on Hackney council to the Kaseya attack that demanded $70 Million USD, ransomware is posing more of a threat than ever. Especially thanks to COVID-19. For those who are unfamiliar, ransomware is a type of malware that is stealthily installed on an unsuspecting user’s P.C to extract money from their organisation. Before we go into how to […]
Safety Standards?
Why Standards? Everybody has standards that they work to, whether they realise it or not. With the introduction of ISO 45001 in 2018, the issue of standards was again in the news and people asked which standards are right for them. However this ignored the bigger question about all the other standards that also exist […]
Drag-Along and Tag-Along Rights
Drag-Along and Tag-Along Rights: what are they, why are they necessary and how do they affect the valuation of a minority shareholding? The valuation of shares in a company can be complex and even more complicated when valuing a minority shareholding. I was recently instructed by the solicitors acting for the wife in a divorce, […]
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