Partner, Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group, Walkers
Colm Dawson is a partner in the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group at Walkers' Hong Kong office.
He has experience across regulated financial services providers having spent significant secondment periods in the banking and investment management sectors. His general regulatory work experience ranges across regulatory permission applications, change of control notifications on multi-jurisdictional projects including preparing applications for banks, payment institutions, electronic money institutions, fund administrators and investment managers and advisors. He has also worked in-house at a fund administrator and has addressed the practical and commercial challenges of implementing regulatory update and change projects across business lines.
Colm regularly acts for major international banks, investment managers, fund service providers, virtual asset issuers and service providers and insurers, advising on a comprehensive range of Cayman Islands regulatory matters and the interaction with global regulatory frameworks.
He advises clients on all aspects of financial crime prevention (anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, counter proliferation financing and financial sanctions) economic substance, data protection, corporate and regulatory governance and engaging with competent authorities.