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The small group of four lawyers that make up the Swiss legal team at Metalor encourages a very integrated dynamic within the business. Group general counsel Jose Camino says there has been a rendering of legal and compliance service to the entire Metalor group. Spanning multiple jurisdictions Metalor’s legal team are also based in the US and Mexico with an additional legal counsel for Asia stationed in China. As Metalor is part of the highly-regulated metals industry it makes compliance-related work even more important for the preservation of reputation and continued success of the company. In this respect the team have taken the lead to investigate, deal with stakeholders and authorities, and clarify the position of the company before taking action on compliance matters. ‘A speedy turnaround in this process has to be as short as possible so working smoothly within the legal team is essential’, says Camino. With the support of the IT department, the legal and compliance team developed a system within the intranet of the company where anybody can have access to the compliance due diligence process. ‘We started by making an analysis of the applicable legislation, that changed effective as of 1 January 2016, tailored the “Know Your Customer” documentation to the different type of customers we are dealing with such as financial institutions, listed companies and others, based on a risk assessment approach’.