Thursday, 12 March 2026
Chair
Richard Brooks, Consultant, Ashurst; Recommended Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is based on VIC legislation
Professional Skills
Anti-Money Laundering: Key Issues for Property Lawyers
- Overview of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) framework and its relevance to your practice
- Identification and assessment of money laundering risks in property transactions
- Effective record-keeping practices to ensure compliance with AML regulations
- How and when to report suspicious activities to authorities
- Best practices for maintaining compliance and mitigating risks
Presented by Katherine Shamai, Partner - Risk Consulting, Grant Thornton; Editorial Advisory Board, Fraud Magazine (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and Internal Auditor Magazine, (Institute of Internal Auditors (US))
Presenters
Katherine Shamai, Partner, Grant Thornton
Katherine is a governance, compliance, internal audit and risk management expert with over 17 years' experience supporting federal, state and local government agencies, not-for-profits, ASX-listed and private companies. She specialises in governance reviews, risk assessments, internal control reviews, and drafting policies and procedures. Her expertise spans Board maturity assessments, governance structures, succession planning, internal audit programs, compliance reviews against legislation and agreements, enterprise and project risk assessments, and anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) services from advisory to independent reviews. Katherine has led AML/CTF risk assessments for government agencies, designed compliance programs for the National Disability Insurance Agency, developed internal audit programs for public and not-for-profit entities, and conducted Board governance reviews for major national organisations. She’s also managed reviews of third-party suppliers for multinationals and led analyses of legislative misapplications at public sector agencies. Katherine’s blend of industry and professional services experience ensures her recommendations are both pragmatic and effective.
Richard Brooks, Consultant, Ashurst
Richard Brooks is a consultant in Ashurst's real estate practice. Richard has a broad real estate practice, including acting for REITs and other institutional property owners, developers and corporate and government real estate occupiers, and acting on real estate aspects of financing, M&A, infrastructure and energy and resources projects. Richard is experienced in acting on commercial property leasing (for landlords and tenants), sale and lease backs, real estate investment and real estate development. Richard is listed in Best Lawyers Australia 2025 in Real Property Law, Leasing Law and Government Practice.
