YSA Partners

Practice area · 03

Regulatory & Compliance

Regulators have wide powers and little patience for improvisation. We help businesses understand their obligations, respond to investigations and stay licensed.

Overview

Staying compliant, and responding when a regulator calls.

Almost every business operates under a licensing or regulatory regime: consumer law, privacy, work health and safety, financial services, liquor and gaming, building and construction, food, transport and more. We help you understand what applies to you and build compliance that fits how you actually operate.

When a regulator issues a notice, opens an investigation or threatens enforcement, the first response matters most. We manage communications, protect privileged material, prepare your people for interviews and negotiate outcomes that keep your business trading.

How we help

Matters we regularly act in.

  • Licence applications, renewals and conditions
  • Responding to regulator notices, investigations and audits
  • Australian Consumer Law and advertising compliance
  • Privacy, data handling and notifiable data breach obligations
  • Work health and safety compliance and incident response
  • Enforceable undertakings, penalties and prosecutions

FAQ

Common questions.

Preserve everything, tell us the deadline, and do not send anything until we have reviewed it for privilege and relevance. Deadlines can often be extended if asked properly.