Navigating legal professionals through the Tranche 2 AML/CTF Regime

A clear path through Tranche 2

From 1 July 2026, Australian law firms and sole practitioners will be required to comply with Australia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) regime for the first time.

For many practices, the challenge isn’t recognising the obligation —
it’s knowing where to start, and how to build a compliance program that genuinely reflects how the practice operates.

Navigate AML provides clarity — helping you take structured, practical steps toward AML/CTF compliance with confidence.

Why Act Now

There are now only a few months before Tranche 2 AML/CTF obligations commence for the legal profession.

For many practices, the question is no longer whether action is required, but whether there is sufficient time to demonstrate a genuine, structured, and documented honest effort that aligns with AUSTRAC’s expectations.

Introducing: The AML Compliance Program Builder

The AML Compliance Program Builder is a do-it-with-you workshop series designed specifically for Australian law firms and sole practitioners.

Rather than leaving you to interpret and implement guidance, templates, or commentary on your own, this program coaches you step by step to build a clear, baseline AML/CTF Compliance Program, tailored to your practice.

Separate cohorts are run for:

  • Sole practitioners

  • Law firms

This ensures examples, discussions, and guidance remain practical and relevant.

What the Workshops Cover

Across the workshop series, you will be guided through the end-to-end requirements of an AML/CTF Compliance program, including:

  • Risk assessment
    Assessing your practice’s money laundering/terrorism financing risk, developing a first policy, implementing it into your practice processes.

  • Know Your Customer (KYC)
    Practical guidance on how to implement Know Your Customer obligations into client and matter management processes, including conflict checks, with worked examples.

  • Suspicious Matter reporting (SMR)
    Practical guidance and worked examples to help you recognise suspicious matters, and implement escalation processes.

  • Policies and Procedures
    How to tailor AML/CTF policies and procedures to reflect how your practice actually operates.

  • Governance
    How to embed oversight and review so your compliance program can mature sustainably over time.

This is about building understanding within your practice, and coaching you through practical implementation.

Take the Next Step: February Founding Cohort

Navigate AML is opening a February Founding Cohort of The AML Compliance Program Builder.

This first cohort includes:

  • A 4-week, live, do-it-with-you workshop series

  • Structured guidance to build a tailored, foundational AML/CTF Compliance Program

  • Practical examples, templates, and expert coaching

  • A founding cohort discount in exchange for feedback

Participants in the February Founding Cohort will also receive a complimentary 30-minute 1:1 coaching session, which can be used to:

  • Review and receive feedback on AUSTRAC enrolment documentation, or

  • Discuss questions arising from your draft AML/CTF Compliance Program.

Cohort sizes are intentionally limited.

View February cohort details on the “Workshops” page

or register your interest by booking a free 15 minute introductory call.

Why Navigate AML

Navigate AML is led by a coach, who:

  • is admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

  • has worked within a law firm environment.

  • developed and implemented one of the early AML/CTF programs in 2008.

  • has led AML/CTF and Financial Crime teams across Australian and international financial services organisations.

Our coaches specialise in translating complex regulatory expectations into clear, practical guidance for legal practices, considering their unique professional obligations.

How Support Continues

Following the workshop series, participants may book ad-hoc 1:1 sessions to:

  • Ask practice-specific questions.

  • Work through more complex scenarios.

  • Receive bespoke coaching as their program continues to mature.

(1:1 sessions are optional and booked separately.)