Calderwren
Regulatory Compliance, AML & Financial Crime
Comprehensive legal guidance for navigating complex regulatory landscapes and combating financial crime in the digital age
Overview
Our Regulatory Compliance, AML & Financial Crime practice provides comprehensive legal support for financial institutions, corporations, and fintech companies navigating increasingly complex regulatory environments. We help clients develop robust compliance frameworks, implement effective anti-money laundering programs, and respond to financial crime investigations.
With deep expertise in global regulatory standards and emerging compliance challenges, our team delivers practical solutions that balance regulatory requirements with business objectives, ensuring sustainable compliance while enabling growth and innovation.
Our Services
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Comprehensive AML program design, implementation, and enhancement including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, and regulatory examination preparation and response.
Sanctions Compliance
Global sanctions compliance programs, OFAC and international sanctions screening, trade compliance, export controls, and sanctions violation investigations and remediation strategies.
Financial Crime Prevention
Fraud prevention frameworks, cybercrime response, market abuse detection, insider trading compliance, and financial crime risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
Regulatory Compliance
Banking regulations, securities compliance, consumer protection laws, data privacy requirements, and regulatory reporting obligations across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory authorities.
Key Expertise
Compliance Program Development
Design and implementation of comprehensive compliance programs tailored to specific business models, risk profiles, and regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
Regulatory Examinations & Investigations
Preparation for and response to regulatory examinations, enforcement actions, and investigations by financial regulators, law enforcement agencies, and international authorities.
Technology & Compliance
RegTech solutions, automated compliance monitoring, artificial intelligence in compliance, blockchain compliance, and digital asset regulatory frameworks.
Cross-Border Compliance
Multi-jurisdictional regulatory coordination, international information sharing, cross-border enforcement cooperation, and global compliance harmonization strategies.
Compliance Areas
- Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and USA PATRIOT Act compliance
- EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives (AMLD)
- FATF recommendations and international standards
- Know Your Customer (KYC) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
- Beneficial ownership identification and verification
- Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) screening
- Correspondent banking compliance
- Trade-based money laundering prevention
Regulatory Frameworks
Banking Regulations
Basel III implementation, capital adequacy requirements, liquidity regulations, stress testing, and prudential supervision compliance across global banking jurisdictions.
Securities & Markets
MiFID II, Dodd-Frank, market conduct rules, algorithmic trading compliance, and securities market integrity regulations.
Data Protection & Privacy
GDPR compliance, cross-border data transfers, financial data protection, customer privacy rights, and data breach response protocols.
Emerging Technologies
Cryptocurrency regulations, digital asset compliance, DeFi regulatory frameworks, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and fintech regulatory sandboxes.
Industry Focus
We serve clients across the financial services ecosystem, with particular expertise in:
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