Alison Matthews

With over 30 years’ experience in working with solicitors (including 8 years at Shoosmiths LLP as Director of Quality and Risk, 11 years at a top 10 law firm and 12 years in professional ethics at the Law Society) Alison Matthews is truly expert in all aspects of law firm regulation and compliance and has a wealth of practical experience.Alison is renowned as one of the UK’s leading experts on money laundering and professional conduct for solicitors. She has an excellent reputation as a well-respected and trusted compliance expert. Pragmatic yet commercial, she has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the relevant law and regulations.Alison chaired the Law Society’s Money Laundering Taskforce, having been an inaugural member. She was a member of the Government’s Money Laundering Advisory Committee and the National Crime Agency’s (previously SOCA) SARs Regime Committee. She is well regarded in Government circles, as well as within the higher echelons of the legal profession.She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Legal Compliance Bulletin, and lectures for the Law Society of England and Wales and the Law Society of Northern Ireland. She has written 4 editions of the AML Toolkit and 2 editions of the Data Protection Toolkit published by the Law Society.