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Lisa specialises in financial services regulation and financial crime risk management and provides a unique blend of legal, risk and compliance advice to a spectrum of financial services firms and unregulated institutions. She has a depth of expertise across a number of financial crime areas including anti-money laundering, market abuse, anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions, and fraud. She continually works at Board and senior management level to help them navigate complex regulatory issues and regulatory change requirements including delivering bespoke training at all levels. Lisa collaborates closely with firms to implement and enhance compliance frameworks, map and mitigate risks, assess governance structures, as well as lead authorisation, variation of permission and change in control applications, and shadow 166 and assurance reviews. Lisa advises on all aspects of compliance with PRA and FCA requirements and supports a number of industry bodies. She also helps firms manage their relationships with regulators by providing pragmatic ongoing BAU legal, risk, compliance, and financial crime advice. She has previously worked in-house at a global brokerage firm and held internal compliance and financial crime roles at international organisations.