17 February 2026 - Australia’s new AML/CTF regime: Implications for the legal profession | Information session for solicitors and barristers
Chaired by Justice Payne of the NSW Court of Appeal, this event will bring together senior regulators and legal leaders, including Brendan Thomas, CEO of AUSTRAC, Juliana Warner, immediate past president of the Law Council of Australia (LCA) and chair of its AML/CTF Working Group, Catherine Gleeson SC, member of the NSW Bar Association Executive, LCA director and member of its AML/CTF Working Group , and Bobbie Wan, Head of Regulatory Policy and Strategy at the Law Society of NSW.
The presentations will provide an overview of the new AML/CTF regime, its scope of application to legal practitioners, the treatment of client legal privilege, AUSTRAC’s AML/CTF Program Starter Kits and regulatory priorities, and how the regime intersects with obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
