Sorbus Legal was established to provide high quality legal & regulatory advice and innovative solutions for governance, risk & compliance management.

We aim to support responsible business and sustainable growth for startups and established small to medium sized enterprises regulated by financial services, privacy, marketing, AML-CTF and charities laws.

Passionate about what we do, we firmly believe that governance, risk & compliance shouldn’t be a burden or the policeman in the room. It’s a key foundation for responsible enterprise and sustainable growth.

With this in mind we focus on responsible and ethical business practices not tick box compliance.

We strive at all times to ensure that our advice and solutions are innovative, cost effective, practical and commercial.

We understand that cost control is important. Our preference is to work for a fixed or capped fee. If that isn't possible or we don't think we're a good fit for your needs - we'll let you know upfront.

If you’re a forward thinking and ethically minded business or not for profit, we’re confident we can help you manage your regulatory challenges.

Lesley is a regulatory lawyer with a passion for ethical and sustainable business practices.

She commenced her career with an international law firm in the UK. Acting for government bodies and global insurers she managed high value complex litigation.

After settling in Sydney, Lesley spent six years in corporate legal & compliance roles (with a global insurer and a national integrated wealth management company) and nearly five years with a boutique law firm helping financial services businesses manage their regulatory, corporate and commercial challenges.

Lesley has advised government bodies, insurers, financiers, brokers, other intermediaries, dealer groups, financial advisers, tech companies, startups, marketers and other small enterprises on issues such as:

• licensing and registration
• financial services, credit, privacy, fair trading, marketing, AML-CTF and charities laws
• design and implementation of governance, risk & compliance frameworks
• disclosure requirements (eg FSGs, PDSs, SoAs and Credit Guides)
• strategic product design
• distribution models and procedures
• commercial and consumer contracts
• marketing campaigns and materials
• regulatory breaches and complaints
• dealings with regulators such as ASIC, FOS, AUSTRAC and the OAIC 
• design and delivery of regulatory training.