Karen Lee is a specialist banking and financial services lawyer with over 25 years of experience, including senior management roles in both private practice and in-house legal teams. She is the founder of Legal Know-How, established in 2012, where she provides expert consulting services to banks, financial institutions, large corporations, and SMEs. Her expertise includes risk management, regulatory compliance, legal documentation, process improvement, and legal knowledge management.
Prior to founding her consultancy, Karen held various in-house leadership roles, including Head of Legal for a leading Australasian non-bank lender. She also worked in top-tier law firms as Counsel at Allen & Overy and Special Counsel at Clayton Utz, with a strong focus on banking and finance law, regulatory compliance, and legal precedents.
Karen is the General Editor of the Australian Banking & Finance Law Bulletin and the Financial Services Newsletter. She collaborates extensively with LexisNexis as a Specialist Editor for banking and finance precedents and contributes to multiple legal publications, including Australian Corporate Finance Law, Halsbury’s Laws of Australia, Practical Guidance General Counsel, Practical Guidance Banking and Finance, and Regulatory Compliance Industry Solutions.
In addition to her editorial and writing roles, Karen is an experienced speaker, chair, and moderator at legal seminars and industry conferences. She has developed course materials for online MCLE training and facilitates masterclasses on regulatory compliance for senior managers and executives in the banking and financial services sectors.
Publications
- Practical Guidance Banking & Finance
- Practical Guidance Corporations
- Practical Guidance Insolvency & Restructuring
- Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin (LexisNexis, newsletter)
- Financial Services Newsletter (LexisNexis, newsletter)
- Australian Corporate Finance Law (LexisNexis, looseleaf)
- Halsbury’s Laws of Australia (LexisNexis, looseleaf)
- Regulatory Compliance Industry Solution
Editorial queries
Professional Contact
Mobile: 0412 10 20 51
Email:
Karen.Lee@LegalKnowHow.com.au Web:
www.LegalKnowHow.com.au LinkedIn:
Karen Lee