AML Training for Legal Professionals
Regulation 21 from the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 requires that all relevant staff receive money laundering awareness training when joining a firm and regularly thereafter. This means that the training obligation is not limited just to anyone who handles fee earning or other transactional business; it includes anyone who is managerially responsible for overseeing and/or supporting client business and it is best recognised as extending to include anyone with senior managerial responsibilities plus those who ever have client dealings of any sort; for example, secretarial staff, receptionists, office management and HR employees all have roles to play in a firm’s AML regime.







