Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Chair
Robert Schneider, Consultant, HWL Ebsworth; Best Lawyers Australia for Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2020 - 2023 editions
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is based on NSW legislation
Professional Skills
AML/CFT: KYC for Property Clients in the New Era
Is AML still horrifying everyone? Meeting AML/CFT obligations isn’t just about ticking boxes - it’s about creating tailored risk assessments that are both practical and scalable for your client’s size. Examine how to conduct dynamic risk assessments across all categories of financial crime risk, including customer, channel, product, and jurisdiction risk. Walk away with actionable strategies to strengthen KYC processes, streamline compliance, and protect your client from unnecessary exposure.
Presented by Lachlan Gepp, Partner, Hamilton Locke
Presenters
Lachlan Gepp, Partner, Hamilton LockeBusinesses in the gambling, sports and media industries face into complex and risky decisions every day. Lachlan is an expert advisor and problem solver for these businesses across operational, intellectual property and media rights matters to ensure they achieve the best commercial outcome in highly competitive markets. Lachlan’s clients also lean on his advice to navigate complex regulatory issues and engagements, including those involving key Australian gambling, money-laundering, media/advertising and consumer regulators. Lachlan has significant experience supporting clients in commercial and intellectual property disputes in the Federal Court of Australia and state Supreme Courts. Lachlan’s advice to his clients is always pragmatic and is given with a close eye on broader business strategy and objectives. This approach is Lachlan’s winning differentiator, and he brings a unique insight to his client’s problems with deep in-house counsel experience leading the legal team at a major Australian sporting code and the country’s largest online wagering operator.
Robert Schneider, Consultant, HWL Ebsworth
Robert has extensive experience acting and advising in commercial disputes and has specialised in retail and commercial lease disputes and other property related litigation. Robert has assisted a broad range of clients in the property industry, including owners of shopping centres, owners of other retail properties, owners of commercial properties, large retail and commercial tenants and property developers and investors. Robert regularly chairs and has previously presented at external seminars on commercial and retail leases and other property related seminars. Robert has been listed in Best LawyersTM Australia for Alternative Dispute Resolution in the 2020 and 2021 editions as well as the 2022 and 2023 editions.
