Financial Services Regulation

Navigating regulatory compliance, reform and enforcement in financial services involves considerable risk and can profoundly impact organisational performance and reputation.

We work closely with our financial services clients in their dealings with key regulators, including ASIC, APRA, ACCC, OAIC, ATO and AUSTRAC.

We also work with industry bodies and play a key role in shaping the market conversation around future policy and regulatory reform, influencing developments as Australia’s regulatory environment continues to evolve.

Corrs has a top class financial services regulatory practice.

Legal 500 Asia Pacific
The breadth and depth of experience and industry expertise across the team means that we turn to Corrs for their judgement on our most complex and novel regulatory matters

Chambers Asia Pacific
In superannuation they're very good at being across the law, but also very good at thinking more holistically around how the law can apply to the business and the situation.

Chambers Asia-Pacific
The ‘go to’ experts in financial services regulation.

Asia Pacific Legal 500

AML/CTF Advisory

Advising a range of major institutional clients on their AML/CTF uplift projects, including the development and enhancement of training materials and compliance frameworks in response to the significant reforms to Australia’s anti money laundering and counter terrorism financing regime.

Australian Payments Plus (AP+)

Advised Australian Payments Plus on a major regulatory uplift project.

Avenue Capital

Advised Avenue Capital on obtaining ASIC individual relief from AFSL requirements for marketing funds to Australian wholesale investors.

BWPM

Advised BWP Management Limited on AFSL variations to support its A$246.8 million acquisition of Newmark Property REIT.

Equity Trustees

Advise in connection with its roles as financial vehicle statutory trustee of the NSW Scheme Financial Vehicle and the South Australian Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism.

Google

Advised Google on a financial services regulatory project concerning the screening of financial products advertised on its platform.

Heartland Group

Advised Heartland Group on the regulatory aspects of its acquisition of Challenger Bank.

LGT

Advise on acquisition of Crestone and post merger implementation.

PayPal

Advised PayPal on a global regulatory project concerning licensing, conduct, AML/CTF, payments and sanctions obligations for a new product.

Worldpay

Advised Worldpay on the Australian regulatory aspects of Global Payments Inc.’s US$24.25 billion acquisition of Worldpay. Advised Worldpay on becoming a major payment facility provider in Australia.