Beneficial Ownership Legal Drafting and Effectiveness Clinic

TARGET AUDIENCE | Those involved in the establishment, management, or operations of a jurisdiction’s beneficial ownership register or the development of the applicable governing legal or regulatory framework, including regulatory and legal drafting.

QUALIFICATIONS | Participants are expected to have at least two years of experience with AML/CFT issues and/or corporate transparency issues and must be fluent in English.

COURSE DESCRIPTION | Transparency of Beneficial ownership information – the real persons who own and control companies and other types of corporate vehicles – is important to combatting the misuse of legal entities. This clinic, organized by the IMF’s Legal Department, is a peer learning and sharing exercise designed to examine the beneficial ownership systems (in particular, beneficial ownership registers) of select member countries in a small group setting to (i) identify strengths and good practices among participants, and (ii) diagnose pain points (arising from legal/regulatory shortcomings or practical implementation challenges). The work of the clinic will be guided by international standards on AML/CFT and in particular FATF’s most recent updates to FATF Recommendation 24. The course aims to increase participants’ understanding of the technical requirements of FATF Recommendation 24 and how these can be effectively implemented in a jurisdiction’s legal and regulatory frameworks to ensure countries hold adequate, accurate and up-to-date beneficial ownership information. The clinic will especially focus on optimizing and managing Beneficial Ownership Registers, as well duties related to identification, verification, access to and dissemination of beneficial ownership information.

COURSE OBJECTIVES | Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Outline, summarize, and analyze the requirements of the revised FATF Recommendations 24 and 25.

• Draw up a medium-term action plan to establish comprehensive beneficial ownership transparency frameworks in a country.

• Identify/understand the policy, legal and regulatory considerations/decisions required in setting up beneficial ownership registers within a country.

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Course Details

Start: 20270301Mar 01
End: 20270305Mar 05

Language: English

Sponsoring Organization: IMF

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Application Deadline: November 29, 2026

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