Edward Jude

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Edward is an Associate in the Corporate Regulatory team in the Sydney office.

Edward has a broad practice that focuses on white collar crime, trade sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF), corporate and commercial, privacy and financial services regulation. His practice also extends to providing strategic advice on regulatory investigations, financial services litigation as well as anti-corruption inquiries.

Edward also advises on complex coverage matters, especially those that relate to misconduct and white-collar crime.

The financial services regulation portion Edward’s practice includes advising private clients on all aspects of Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act, the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR), the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) as well as responding to regulators such as ASIC and AUSTRAC. He has also advised on banking and consumer credit, payment systems, superannuation, cryptocurrencies, fintech and insuretech.

Edward also has secondment experience at one of Australia's largest underwriting and brokerage businesses where he was retained to provide strategic advice on regulatory and legislative changes following the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.

Experience

• White-collar crime: Advising clients subject to anti-corruption inquiries.
• Financial Services Regulation: Advising banks, insurers, underwriters and brokers on compliance with financial services regulation and Corporations Act responsibilities.
• Financial Services Regulation: Advising a major Australian bank on unclaimed monies laws
• Privacy: Advising an entertainment company on privacy issues relating to the collection of data from children.
• Licensing: Advising domestic and international clients on all aspects of financial services licensing applications and compliance.
• AML/CTF: Advising on sustained and systemic historical breaches of the AML/CTF Act by a major Australian bank.
• AML/CTF: Preparing a remittance provider’s AML/CTF program and advising broadly on the AML/CTF regime.
• Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: Advising a start-up on company structures and the resultant regulatory implications for a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) where the interest was held on the blockchain
• Corporate and Commercial: Drafting and negotiating third-party service provider agreements for large corporate clients.