Legal, Risk & Compliance Consultant
Laurence Winsby
LLB (Hons) · Mediator · Founder of Riskoli · Birmingham & London
“Risk teams deserve tools and advice that surface exposure early — not after it has become a claim.”
What Laurence does
Clarity, confidence and control over regulatory risk.
Laurence advises businesses and professional-services firms on the compliance machinery that keeps them safe — anti-money laundering, data protection, regulatory obligations, claims and complaints — and mediates the disputes that would otherwise end up in court.
- 01Risk & regulatory compliance
- SRA Codes, conflicts, Accounts Rules, file reviews and audits — building the policies, manuals and procedures that stand up to scrutiny, including ISO 9001 accreditation.
- 02Anti-money laundering
- CDD, source of funds and wealth, simplified through to enhanced due diligence under MLR 2017 and LSAG guidance — plus firm-wide policy design and training.
- 03Claims & complaints
- Triaging claims and complaints, spotting regulatory and liability exposure early, drafting client responses and notifications to PII insurers and panel firms.
- 04Data protection & incidents
- GDPR, data incidents and security concerns, and how they interact with a firm's regulatory obligations — reviewed alongside senior management.
- 05Mediation
- Qualified civil and commercial mediator, working with businesses and individuals to avoid litigation and reach practical, legally binding agreements.
- 06Legal technology
- Founder of Riskoli, an AI-driven platform that helps firms identify, assess and manage professional-risk events before they escalate.
When Laurence gets the call
Before it becomes a claim, a complaint or a court date.
- 01A regulated business needs its AML and compliance framework to actually work.
- 02A complaint or claim has landed and the next 48 hours matter.
- 03A data incident needs assessing against regulatory obligations.
- 04A commercial dispute is heading for litigation nobody wants.
- 05A professional-services business is scaling faster than its governance.
Background
Built inside a Top 100 firm’s risk function — and a legal tech start-up.
Riskoli is an AI-driven platform built for risk and compliance teams, analysing complaints, potential claims and internal incidents to deliver clear, data-backed insight in seconds.
It replaces fragmented manual reviews with structured intelligence, so exposure surfaces early rather than after it has escalated.
Specialising in claims and complaints tracking and review at a leading UK firm, advising partners and fee earners on reporting concerns, next steps and client responses, and working directly with PII insurers.
Advised on CDD, source of funds and wealth and AML matters across regulated and non-regulated practice areas, created firm-wide AML policies and documentation, and delivered training that lifted compliance awareness across departments.
Reviewed data incidents and security concerns against the SRA Codes, ran file reviews and audits, and prepared documentation for ISO 9001 accreditation.
Qualified civil and commercial mediator working across a wide range of business and individual disputes, helping parties avoid litigation and reach practical, legally binding agreements.
Fee earner at Fisher Day Solicitors across internal and external compliance (AML, SRA and FCA), commercial property, company, family and dispute resolution matters.
Trained at Ansons Solicitors with seats in commercial property, residential property, family law, dispute resolution and corporate.
Founder of Syncade, linking WhatsApp conversations to business email and CRM so files stay current and in one place.
Freelance writer for The Quaternary and The Sustainable Lawyer, and previously president of the Technology Law Society at the University of Leicester.
- LLB (Hons) Law, University of Leicester
- Civil and Commercial Mediator
- Calibre Auditor Passport
- Leicester Award & Leicester Award Gold
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