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Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance Services & Support for Law Firms


We provide a range of AML compliance services for firms within the legal sector, ranging from independent audits to training.

Is Your Law Firm Compliant With the Latest Money Laundering Regulations?

AML has never been so important for legal practices. Whereas, some areas of law are exposed to a much greater degree of risk than others, having appropriate, effective and monitored controls for AML and the avoidance of financial crime is relevant to all legal practice areas.

Failure to comply can result in significant fines, professional embarrassment, damage to your brand, and reduced client confidence in your organisation.

The SRA continues to make AML visits to legal practices, with firms practising certain areas of law being highly likely to receive a visit. Some firms have even received multiple visits.

Staying up to date with the latest legislation and best practice is time consuming and can be costly in resources. Help is at hand; PDA Legal provides tailored services specifically for the legal sector to structure and simplify compliance.

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Why Work With PDA Legal?

We have over two decades of experience and have helped over 500 legal practices.

We discuss your requirements with you to identify and prioritise the areas where you need assistance. And, we provide you with a fixed price proposal with an action plan/schedule for delivering the support that you need.

And, if your firm is Lexcel or CQS accredited, you will feel reassured in the knowledge that our team works closely with Lexcel and CQS every day; we know that AML controls are linked to many other aspects of practice and so the AML controls guidance that we provide will not upset your compliance with the Lexcel standard.

As you would expect, all discussions are held in the strictest of confidence, and we offer a free, no obligation initial consultation.

What Our Clients Have to Say About PDA’s AML Support…


“We’ve had independent AML reports before, but PDA’s was by far the most detailed and helpful.”
“Thank you for the AML audit PDA, we feel ready for an SRA visit, now!”
“AML auditing felt like ‘smoke and mirrors’ until PDA simplified it for us.”
“PDA understands AML in the context of how REAL law firms actually work.”
“PDA conducted our Independent AML Audit so smoothly; why did we wait so long?”
“The Partners had been hesitant about the complexity of an AML audit, until PDA walked us seamlessly through every step.”
“PDA’s AML training is anything but dull. It brought the subject to life with real examples.”
“PDA’s AML trainer had a great rapport with our team, which made the topic so much more accessible.”
“Our team had never been so energised about AML as it was after PDA’s training.”
“We’re already noticing the improvements in our AML controls following PDA’s staff training session.”

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