Burnett Simone Lanauze

Simone is a member of Walkers' global regulatory risk and advisory practice. Having worked in private practice, as well as in-house at major banks in Asia Pacific and a financial markets regulator, she has over 9 years' experience as a financial services regulation specialist.

Simone advises on a broad range of regulatory matters, including beneficial ownership, corporate governance and internal controls, CRS and FATCA, data protection, economic substance, financial crime prevention (including anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, counter-proliferation financing and international sanctions), licensing and registration applications, market conduct, perimeter advice and virtual assets. Her clients include financial institutions such as banks, investment funds, managers and advisers. In addition to advisory work, Simone assists clients with regulatory compliance, including filing and reporting, compliance frameworks, regulatory audits, reviews and inspections. Simone interacts with regulators and is involved with financial services industry bodies.