HAILEY DE COURCY

Hailey is an Analyst based in the UAE and brings over three years of legal, regulatory, and financial crime experience. Prior to joining Effecta Compliance Middle East Limited, Hailey acted as a Junior Compliance Officer within a globally recognised law firm based in London, UK.

Operating as the first point of contact for fee earners, Hailey offered tailored advice regarding new and existing clients across the firm’s global practice areas. Hailey’s responsibilities have included ensuring risk mitigation by analysing and identifying high-risk considerations. Implementing Due Diligence checks on clients, related individuals and entities by ensuring Anti Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions checks, and Adverse Media searches were conducted to reflect compliance with continuously evolving regulatory requirements.

With experience focusing on identifying corporate structures, Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs), Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and additional high-risk factors relating to clients, Hailey’s exposure has provided her with a thorough and comprehensive understanding of compliance with regulations, ethical business and ensuring best practice.

Additionally, Hailey’s professional background includes roles within Financial Crime and Regulatory legal practice areas supporting fee earners by creating risk assessments on prospective and existing clients, conducting gap analysts relating to internal policies and regulatory updates, and analysing regulatory framework and legislation.

Hailey holds a BA Honours degree in Law, a Master of Law degree from Trinity College Dublin and a certificate in Anti Money Laundering from the International Compliance Association (ICA).