Compliance & Regulatory Matters
Licensing, data protection, AML and sector regulation — plus representation when a regulator engages.
Detailed overview
Regulatory compliance fails at implementation far more often than at policy. We design frameworks that a real operations team can actually run, and then test whether they are being followed.
The team advises on licensing and authorisation, data protection and privacy, anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer obligations, consumer protection and sector-specific regulation.
When a regulator opens an enquiry, we manage the engagement: scoping the request, controlling the disclosure, preparing the response and, where necessary, contesting the finding.
- Licensing, registration and authorisation applications
- Data protection, privacy policies and cross-border transfers
- AML, KYC and sanctions compliance frameworks
- Anti-bribery, corruption and whistleblowing programmes
- Consumer protection and advertising compliance
- Sector regulation: financial services, health, telecoms, energy
- Regulatory investigations and enforcement defence
- Compliance audits, training and reporting
Why you might need this service.
If one of these describes your situation, a short conversation will establish whether there is a matter worth pursuing.
A regulator has issued a notice, request for information or show-cause letter.
You are entering a regulated activity and need authorisation first.
Your data-protection position has never been formally assessed.
An internal review has surfaced a potential compliance breach.
The attorneys handling compliance & regulatory matters.
Partner
Omar Siddiqui
19 years · Criminal defence and white-collar investigations
Senior Associate
Zaid Hassan
11 years · Intellectual property and technology
Senior Associate
Aisha Noor
10 years · Employment, labour and workplace investigations
Of Counsel
Thomas Reyes
28 years · Tax, structuring and revenue disputes
Before you make contact.
Submit the consultation form on this site, call the office, or email our intake address. We aim to acknowledge every enquiry within one business day and to offer an appointment within three. Where a matter is time-critical — an arrest, an injunction, a deadline that expires this week — say so in your first message and we will treat it accordingly.
A named partner or senior associate is responsible for every file and remains your point of contact throughout. Work is delegated within the team where it is efficient to do so — document review does not need partner time — but supervision does not move, and you will always know who is accountable.
Depending on the matter: hourly at the rate of the lawyer doing the work, a fixed fee for defined scopes such as documentation or a licence application, or a retainer for continuing advisory work. Whichever applies, you receive a written engagement letter setting out the basis, the rate and the estimate before any chargeable work begins.
Yes, directly, and at the first opportunity. A candid assessment early is worth considerably more than an encouraging one that changes eight months and a large invoice later. Where a case is weak we will explain why, and whether anything can be done to strengthen it.
- Tax & Financial LawTransaction structuring, filings, audits and disputes with the revenue authorities.
- Intellectual PropertyRegistration, licensing and enforcement of trademarks, copyright, designs and confidential information.
- Legal ConsultationStanding advisory and retained general counsel for organisations without an in-house legal function.
Speak to the compliance & regulatory matters team.
Describe what has happened in a few sentences. We will tell you whether it is a matter we should take, what it would involve, and what it would cost.
- Direct line
- +1 (212) 555-0142
- Response time
- Every enquiry acknowledged within one business day.