Services

Alison Matthews Consulting Ltd provides compliance and regulatory services, from advice on major strategic issues to ad hoc projects and dealing with day to day compliance challenges.  We are passionate about compliance and helping solicitors to “treat clients fairly” and deliver “the services that clients want, in the way they want and at the price they want” because “good compliance makes good business sense”.

Our services 

We provide practical and commercial help, whether implementing new systems, providing training or being available as a sounding board for those tricky and challenging compliance questions. 

Our wide range of services include:

  • Advice on AML systems, procedures and policies
  • Advice on professional conduct, including conflict of interest systems
  • Advice on data protection compliance
  • Advice on broader compliance cultural issues and to COLPs, COFAs and MLROs
  • Advice on strategic/structural options and SRA applications
  • Advice on electronic verification systems and online training solutions

Our experience

With over 30 years experience in working with solicitors, (14 years in private practice and 12 years in Professional Ethics at the SRA), Alison Matthews is truly expert in all aspects of law firm regulation and compliance. Alison understands how law firms need to operate in the compliance field and has a wealth of practice experience. Alison has chaired the Law Society’s Money Laundering Taskforce and been a key member of the Government’s Money Laundering Advisory Committee and NCA’s (previously SOCA) SARs Regime Committee. Alison lectures for all the UK Law Societies and is well regarded within the higher echelons of the legal profession and in government circles.

Our expertise

Alison Matthews

  • is one of the UK’s leading experts on Anti Money Laundering and professional conduct with a deep understanding of regulation, including Data Protection.
  • has a detailed knowledge of how a diverse business model operates and understands the complex legal and compliance issues.
  • advised at Board level on major strategic issues.
  • advises on all FCA compliance issues.