Frank is a regulation and insurance lawyer with over 40 years’ experience of advising law firms, their insurers, and other professions on anti-money laundering compliance, professional regulation, and professional indemnity insurance coverage disputes. He also advises on law firm and ABS authorisation and partnership issues, as well as in conduct and discipline, conflicts, data protection, and privacy.
Frank Maher is exceptional, he knows his field, and appreciates the importance of providing timely, sensible and practical advice.
Client testimonial, The Legal 500 2024
Outstanding capabilities in handling professional discipline matters for lawyers and law firms
Chambers UK 2024
Expertise
- Law firms
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Professional regulation
- Professional liability
- Professional discipline
- Anti-money laundering
- Data protection
Experience
- Represented a law firm on multiple insurance coverage disputes, arbitrations and mediations with different insurers in respect of hundreds of claims by investors in failed development schemes valued at between £50m and £150m.
- Represented a partner in a US law firm on regulatory aspects of ‘MeToo’ allegations.
- Advised an Australian insurer of law firms on governance and claims management.
- Advised a global law firm on structure, and regulatory aspects of cross-border sharing of confidential data and conduct of reserved legal activities in overseas offices.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
ENDORSEMENTS
The Legal 500 2024 Leading Individual in Professional Negligence
The Legal 500 2024 Recommended Lawyer in Professional Discipline
Chambers UK 2024 Top-ranked Individual for both Professional Negligence (Liverpool and surrounds) and Professional Discipline
“Frank Maher’s ‘advice is always pragmatic’”
The Legal 500 2204
“Real expert in the area, balancing deep subject matter expertise with a broad understanding of market practice and an appreciation of the practical implications of his advice – go-to adviser in this area.”
The Legal 500 2024
MEMBERSHIPS
The (US) Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (and former Director)
Association of Partnership Practitioners (and former committee member 2010 – 2016)
AMLP Forum (The Association of Financial Crime Prevention Professionals)
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author of Risk Management in Law Firms: Strategies for Safeguarding the Future (International Bar Association, 2014)
Co-author of The Compliance Calendar Toolkit for Law Firms (Ark Group, 2014)
Risk and Compliance for Law Firms in a Changed World (Ark Group, 2011)
Co-author of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer’s Handbook (Legalease, 2004)
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Career
Frank qualified as a solicitor in 1983. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2024, he worked at the following firms:
- Legal Risk LLP
- Weightmans