What does your team
need to know?
Tell us your challenge. We'll build the programme.
Select the primary area your team needs to address:
The rules changed last Tuesday. Your team needs to know by Friday.
Counsel's regulatory compliance programmes are written by practising barristers and updated each quarter. From AML and FCA competency frameworks to GDPR and sanctions screening โ your team leaves the room knowing exactly where the line is.
required annually by the SRA โ we deliver them in a single day.
"Former Treasury Solicitor's Department. Fifteen years advising the FCA and PRA on enforcement policy. James writes the programmes that compliance directors quote back to their boards."
Commercial law isn't static. Neither is our curriculum.
AI is rewriting contract review. Courts are setting precedents faster than most firms update their training. Our commercial law programmes keep associates current on dispute resolution, force majeure clauses, and the legal implications of automated decision-making.
maximum annual CPD required for ICA compliance professionals.
"Thirty years at the Commercial Bar. Catherine led the landmark Hargreaves v Meridian AI contract dispute and now trains the associates who'll handle tomorrow's equivalent."
One tribunal claim. One preventable mistake. We close that gap.
TUPE, EDI obligations, disciplinary procedures, workplace investigations โ employment law moves quickly and the consequences of getting it wrong are public. Our employment law programmes are built for HR teams, in-house counsel, and L&D leads who need certainty, not caveats.
plus one Professionalism outcome required annually for CILEX members.
"Twenty years at the Employment Bar. Priya has advised FTSE 100 HR directors through restructuring, discrimination claims, and TUPE transfers. She trains the way she cross-examines โ clearly and without ambiguity."
Your firm has specific gaps. We fill them precisely.
No two firms have the same knowledge deficit. Counsel's bespoke team begins with a structured needs analysis โ interviewing L&D leads, reviewing recent audit findings, and mapping training against your regulatory exposure. The result is a programme that fits your calendar, your budget, and your risk profile.
CPD certificates issued across Counsel programmes since 2016.
"Marcus spent twelve years as Head of Legal L&D at a Magic Circle firm before joining Counsel. He knows what a board-ready training report looks like because he wrote them."
Results that go on the audit report.
L&D coordinators and compliance directors don't measure training in satisfaction scores. They measure it in outcomes.
"Ninety-seven percent of our associates passed the FCA competency assessment first attempt. The Counsel programme was the only preparation they had."
"We onboarded forty-two new associates across three jurisdictions in a single quarter. Counsel's hybrid programme meant no one missed a session and every CPD record was clean."
"Our compliance audit came back with zero training-related findings for the first time in six years. Counsel built the programme, tracked the completions, and produced the board report."
The firms that can't afford to get it wrong.
Counsel works with Magic Circle firms, Big Four professional services, FCA-regulated institutions, and FTSE-listed in-house teams.
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