Nik Albrecht

Nik is a financial services specialist and Senior Principal of AB Law, a boutique law firm in Sydney. He is a regulatory expert, and has extensive experience advising corporate clients across the entire financial services spectrum.

Nik advises a broad range of clients, ranging from start-ups through to ASX20 companies. He commonly advises clients on how to navigate the complex Australian regulatory environment including AFS Licensing, AML/CTF obligations, fund formation, financial advice. His typical clients are Fund Managers, Corporate Advisers, Research Houses, Financial Advisers, Brokers, Traders, and FinTechs. 

AB Law’s value proposition is that they are an attractive alternative to the top tier firms, combining high level expertise, with commerciality, accessibility, and competitive rates. 

Through spending a significant portion of his career working in-house within financial services firms, Nik has developed a refined sense of what it really means to be commercial, and his approach focuses on combining technical rigour with a risk neutral approach and a genuine focus on business objectives – and this underpins the approach he encourages his team to embrace at AB Law.

In his pre-AB life, Nik held positions ranging from General Counsel through to Head of Business Strategy at leading firms such as King & Wood Mallesons, UBS, Schroders and Wilsons Advisory. He holds various degrees including an LLB from Sydney University and an MBA from INSEAD, all with honours.