Compliance

Compliance entails adhering to laws, regulations, and industry standards to help ensure legal and ethical conduct within a specific structure or organisation.
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Avancier Legal specialises in offering compliance services tailored to the needs of private individuals or families, reporting entities and corporate clients in New Zealand and worldwide.

Our comprehensive approach involves meticulous assessment, proactive monitoring, and customised solutions to mitigate risks and maintain compliance across various sectors and jurisdictions.

AML/CFT

  • Provision of expert advice and guidance on AML/CFT regulations and practices.
  • Develop comprehensive policies, controls, and procedural documents (including AML Programme) aligned with AML/CFT regulations and industry best practices.
  • Provision of AML training programs designed to educate the board, managers and employees on relevant laws, regulations, red flags, and reporting obligations.
  • Review the business’s Risk Assessment to identify and evaluate the inherent AML/CFT risks associated with the organisation's products, services, customers, and geographic locations.
  • Assist with Regulatory Reporting.
  • Assist with audit preparation and assist with remedial work following audits.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

  • Advice on the implementation of FATCA.
  • Assist with entity classification for FATCA purposes.
  • IntermediaryIdentification Number (GIIN), and/or registration.
  • Preparing and filing of FATCA reports compliant with applicable legal requirements.
  • Drafting various documents, including sponsoring entity agreements.
  • Filing FATCA reports to help ensure FATCA compliance on behalf of clients and performing all initial and ongoing due diligence to identify any reportable accounts, GIIN registration, and assist with reporting where applicable.

Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI)

  • Advice on the prospective implementation of Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
  • Assist with entity classification for the purposes of the CRS, registration with both local and foreign tax authorities, notification obligations and requirements for self-certification and due diligence.
  • Preparing and filing of CRS reports with local and foreign tax authorities.

Annual and continuing/ongoing requirements of foreign companies, limited partnerships and corporations

  • Economic Substance  
  • Beneficial owner registers
  • Annual financial returns
  • Tax filings and returns
  • Annual government fees
  • Register of directors and members
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Testimonials

“I've been fortunate enough to have worked with Claudia at different times as a colleague, as a client and as an advisor over the course of several decades and have always valued her ability to balance technical legal analysis with practical and commercial realities while never losing sight of the complex wants and needs of clients as human beings.”

Anonymous

"Claudia mentored me in the early years of my legal career, and what she taught me continues to shape the lawyer I am today. Her expertise in international private client matters—especially tax, estate planning, and trusts—is exceptional. She explains complex issues clearly and calmly, always putting the client’s needs first."

James Gribbin, Senior Associate, Michelmores, London, United Kingdom
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