AML compliance support for football clubs

AML compliance built for the way clubs actually operate.

Whether you have a UEFA licence to protect, a new investor to onboard, or a transfer window to navigate, we build compliance controls defensible to regulators, banks, sponsors and your board.

  • From 10 July 2029, clubs in EU member states are formally obliged entities. They must operate customer due diligence, beneficial ownership identification, sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, suspicious-activity reporting and a board-approved governance framework.

  • The Independent Football Regulator and revised club-licensing framework require documented ownership integrity and financial governance. Banks and sponsors are already asking questions.

  • The 2025 Financial Sustainability Regulations raise the bar on ownership integrity, financial reporting and administrative criteria for any club seeking UEFA competition entry.

  • Major correspondent banks treat football as a higher-risk client segment. Clubs face de-risking pressure independent of any regulator.

The challenge facing football clubs

What we build for football clubs

Ownership and Investor Due Diligence

KYC and UBO processes that verify ownership structures, including offshore holding vehicles, trusts and multi-jurisdiction investor chains, with ongoing monitoring.

Transfer and Agent Controls

Transfer governance frameworks reviewing counterparty integrity, payment flows, agent commission structures for FIFA RSTP compliance, with a documented decision trail for every significant transaction.

Sponsorship and Commercial Partner Screening

Onboarding and ongoing screening for sponsors, media-rights partners and other commercial counterparties.

Sanctions and PEP Monitoring

Sanctions and PEP screening for ownership structure, investor base, transfer counterparties and commercial relationships, with ongoing adverse media monitoring and documented escalation chain.

Governance and Board Reporting

Board-approved AML policy, risk appetite statement, escalation framework, training programme and documented reporting cycle. Quarterly management information and annual independent review.

Banking and Regulatory Support

When your bank asks for an AML questionnaire, when a regulator begins a review, or when a sponsor requires confirmation of your compliance framework, we prepare the response and attend the meetings.