{"id":1642,"date":"2026-02-27T05:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tycompliance.com\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2026-10-15T05:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:49:34","slug":"law-society-launches-screening-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tycompliance.com\/zh\/law-society-launches-screening-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Society Launches Screening Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Law Society Launches Screening Tool<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A new 2026 AML screening tool impacts compliance standards for legal and corporate service providers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Professional gatekeepers, including law firms and corporate service providers, are facing heightened AML expectations in 2026. On February 26, 2026, the Law Society of Hong Kong officially launched the &#8220;Client Name Screening Tool&#8221; to assist practitioners in meeting stringent AML and CTF requirements.<\/p>\n<p>This compliance tool was developed to help firms seamlessly check the names of clients, beneficial owners, and counterparties against the United Nations Sanctions List, identify Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), and flag negative news.\u00a0While the tool is primarily designed for smaller firms serving local clients, its introduction sets a new baseline expectation for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, the Law Society mandated the completion of an online AML\/CTF Compliance Self-Assessment Form, which was due by March 2, 2026, covering the 2025 assessment period.<\/p>\n<p>For compliance consulting companies, this signals that self-regulatory bodies are actively auditing their members&#8217; AML postures. Firms that lack institutional-grade screening solutions can no longer claim a lack of resources as a defense for compliance failures. 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