Melbourne, Australia — Thomson Reuters Events ANZ is hosting the In-House Legal Summit Australia 2026 today in Melbourne CBD. As Australia’s practical one-day summit for in-house counsel, general counsel, and legal operations leaders, the event addresses operational execution, compliance enforcement, and regulatory risk management.

Among the featured speakers invited to address this year’s summit is Nitin Saby, Tax Surgeon and Managing Partner at Saby + Partners.

Panel Focus: Financial Crime, Sanctions, and Supply Chain Integrity

Scheduled for 3:50 PM, Nitin will join the core industry panel session titled:

“Financial crime, sanctions and supply chain integrity: Navigating risk across legal, compliance and operations.”

As Australia’s AML/CTF reforms expand to cover new business sectors and global markets experience heightened geopolitical volatility, organisations face growing operational and legal challenges. The panel will examine how enterprise leaders across legal, compliance, risk, and procurement can build cohesive, defensible operational frameworks.

Key discussion points include:

• Scope of AML/CTF Reforms: Understanding what triggers obligations under the new “designated service” test and what frameworks leaders must establish from day one.

• Regulatory Intersections: Navigating the overlap between AML, sanctions, and payments regulations, while overcoming risks tied to static screening systems in dynamic environments.

• Roles & Liabilities: Differentiating legal advisory functions from formal compliance ownership and addressing director and officer liabilities.

• Escalation & Reporting: Establishing internal pathways for the “reasonable grounds to suspect” threshold and making sound, defensible reporting decisions.

For full summit details and speaker profiles, view the complete schedule.