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Ceri Hughes

I am a Senior Risk Manager with over 20 years of experience in the legal sector, specialising in a broad range of legal risk and compliance matters.  I am passionate about risk management and compliance, and for more than a decade, I have held the SRA’s statutory roles of MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) and MLCO (Money Laundering Compliance Officer) at international law firms.  Additionally, I have served as both COFA (Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration) and Data Protection Officer.

 

My expertise includes designing and implementing new business intake (NBI) procedures for medium to large international law firms, ensuring full compliance with statutory obligations while maintaining commercial effectiveness.

 

I have significant experience managing teams of CDD/Conflict Analysts and Risk Managers, investigating complaints and professional indemnity claims, maintaining compliance registers, and keeping risk and compliance policies up to date. I regularly advise on conflicts of interest and confidentiality issues, respond to compliance enquiries from fee earners at all levels, and report weekly to senior management on sensitive risk and compliance matters.

 

I am also experienced in training all members of law firms on their compliance obligations, including GDPR, AML, SAR, ABC, and the Code of Conduct 2019.

Telephone:

020 8643 7221