Financial Crime Training for Legal Professionals
RME Elective Course: Financial Crime Training for Legal Professionals (Online)
Course Description
This half-day RME course aims to provide an overview of the key anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CTF”) obligations on legal practitioners and practical steps for compliance. It will include the interplay between AML/CTF obligations and competing obligations such as legal privilege and confidentiality. It will also consider the application of sanctions law in Hong Kong from a local and global perspective.
Course Outline
- What money laundering and terrorist financing is, the key laws and offences
- The relevant provisions for AML/CTF obligations for lawyers in Hong Kong
- KYC requirements
- How to identify and report suspicious activity
- Managing competing obligations that apply to legal practitioners
- An overview of the Hong Kong sanctions regime
- The application of US sanctions in Hong Kong
- Case studies
Course Schedule
Date: 13 May 2020 | Time: 2:30pm - 5:45pm | Fee: HKD 2,250
Accreditation(s): 3 CPD Points (Subject to accreditation by The Law Society of Hong Kong)
Level: Advanced | Language: English
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