Liam advises leading financial services clients in relation to a wide range of funds management, regulatory structuring, licensing and compliance matters. He is dedicated to partnering with his clients to structure, enhance and protect their businesses in this challenging space by providing exceptional technical advice in a commercial and innovative way.
His clients comprise of financial services firms, including funds, banks and other lenders. His experience spans periods working in London, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. He has four university qualifications, including an LLM from Sydney University (advanced corporate governance) and Liam presents, commentates in the media e.g. the AFR and Australian and writes regular articles / maintains a weekly blog on funds management, regulatory and compliance issues. (See the news section.)
He is a member of several committees e.g. Queensland Law Society’s Banking & Finance Committee, specialist think tanks e.g. Australian Centre for Financial Studies and sits as a director on a local charity board. He created and lectures the financial services regulation law course at Griffith University, and is an author for LexisNexis.
On the non-contentious side, Liam has considerable experience with structuring, licensing applications, privacy, risk, governance and regulatory compliance. On the contentious side, he has acted in many regulatory inquiries across multiple international jurisdictions. He has worked for leading banks, funds, corporates and individuals.
Recent mandates include the creation of a wholesale bank, the creation of retail / wholesale funds, assisting crypto businesses to set up, implementation of major regulatory reforms e.g. Financial Accountability Regime, creation of multiple financial and crypto products, AML / CTF frameworks reviews, financial services and credit licensing obligations. Liam has also structured and undertaken a wide range of internal investigations and risk reviews for clients in Australia, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions.
