The right clarity for the situation you’re in changes what becomes possible.
Whatever you are carrying a business that has lost direction, a compliance framework that needs attention, a family situation that needs a path forward you deserve professional support from someone who will listen before they speak.
In-person appointments ·
Appointments only - Monday and Tuesday
Harrow Business Centre · 429-433 Pinner Road · North Harrow · HA1 4HN
No obligation beyond the initial conversation
Business Consultancy - London
Self-employed and feeling invisible to the right clients?
Faciliated sessions to help you find your ideal cleint, your story, your position, and your pricing. One conversations at a time.
AML Compliance - Small London Law Firms
Carrying the quiet anxiety of an AML Framework that has not been idependently examined?
Independent auidts, mock audits and file reviews
Family Law - Co-parenting - North West London
Navigating separation and looking for a path forward that works for your children:
Family law and co-parenting support that is low-conflict, child-focused, and forward-looking.
You do not have to say it out loud.
Just recognise yourself.
One of these situations brings most people to Alexander Christian. Sometimes more than one.
Business · Self-Employed · Professionals
I do good work but the right clients are not finding
me
I cannot say clearly what makes me different from others who do similar work
I started this practice with a clear sense of who it was for and somewhere along the way I lost that thread
I am undercharging and I do not know how to change it
I have nobody to think through the big decisions with
I want to be the choice, not the option
AML · Small Law Firms · MLROs
My AML framework feels more like a template than a genuine firm-specific system
I have not had an independent audit and I know I should
I am not confident that what we have on paper reflects what actually happens on files
I want to know what an auditor would find before one arrives
The enforcement figures make uncomfortable reading
The FCA transition is coming and I want to be ready
Family · Co-Parenting · NW London
I am going through separation and I do not know what my options are
My children are caught in the middle and I want that to stop
I want a resolution that does not destroy the co-parenting relationship
I need someone who will guide me through the legal process without making things worse
I want a path forward that is child-centred and low-conflict
I feel alone in this and I need someone who understands what is at stake
Business Consultancy · Sole Practitioners · Independent Professionals · Small Businesses
Spending energy reaching the wrong people.
There is a different way to approach this.
For self-employed professionals, sole traders, start-ups and small service businesses in North West London who want to think more clearly about who they serve, what they stand for, and how they communicate it.
Most independent professionals simply haven’t had a dedicated, structured space to think through the questions that shape the direction of a practice. Day‑to‑day work fills the calendar. Conversations with colleagues, networks, or advisers are valuable, but each comes with its own perspective and priorities.
What’s often missing is a space held by someone who understands the professional context, has no stake in the outcome, and can help explore these questions with clarity and without an agenda.
Client Persona Workshop
Who your ideal client is, what triggers them, what they value, and what your communication needs to say to reach them. Three hours. One or two specific, usable personas.
Storytelling for Business
The consistent narrative that makes the right people recognise immediately that you are exactly what they have been looking for.
Professional Positioning
Stop being compared. Start being sought. Who you are most distinctively for, what you stand for, how to say it consistently.
Ethical Pricing
Pricing the value you deliver to a specific person with a specific felt problem. Confident, grounded, and sustainable.
A Thinking Space
A private, confidential conversation for the decisions and difficulties you cannot examine inside the business. No agenda other than your clarity.
Initial Consultation
A paid conversation about your practice and where you are. Mutual assessment of fit. No obligation to proceed further.
What staying still costs
- Every month communicating to the wrong version of your ideal client is effort that does not compound
- Underpricing becomes the baseline and each passing month makes it harder to correct
- The decisions you are carrying alone do not get lighter. They accumulate
- The right clients continue to find you by chance rather than by choice
AML Compliance · Small Law Firms · London · MLROs · Principals
Your AML framework genuinely sound,
or adequate on paper?
For MLROs, MLCOs and principals of small law firms in London who want to know what an auditor would find before one arrives.
The SRA's AML Annual Report 2024-25 recorded 151 enforcement outcomes up from 78 the previous year. The firms caught were not rogue operators. They were ordinary practices whose frameworks were adequate on paper and inadequate in practice.
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require a genuinely firm-specific AML framework. Not a template with your name at the top. Not policies that exist in a folder nobody reads. A framework that works in practice, that is embedded in how the firm operates, and that you can evidence when asked.
The question every MLRO carries is not whether the framework exists. It is whether it would withstand examination. Most firms do not know the answer until the examination happens.
Independent AML Audit
Formal independent audit of your AML framework. Adequacy, effectiveness, and compliance to the standard required for regulatory purposes.
Mock AML Audit
An informal audit that goes through the rigours of the formal process giving your firm a clear picture of where attention is needed.
AML File Reviews
Review of client files against your firm's policies identifying gaps in CDD, risk assessment, and ongoing monitoring.
Staff Interviews
Assessment of how AML policies are understood and applied examining whether the framework is genuinely embedded or merely documented.
AML Workshop
Looking at the LSAG through the lens of a small practice
Initial Conversation
A paid initial conversation about your firm's current AML position and the right starting point for your situation.
What delayed attention costs
- Regulatory exposure that grows silently non-compliance does not announce itself until it is too late
- The FCA is expected to take over AML supervision of law firms from the SRA with a materially different enforcement culture
- FATF mutual evaluation is scheduled for 2027 firms with inadequate frameworks will face heightened scrutiny
- Reputational damage from an enforcement outcome that could have been prevented
Family Law · Co-Parenting · Harrow · Pinner · Northwood · NW London
Separation is not just a legal situation.
A legal solution is not always enough.
For separating parents and individuals in Harrow, Pinner, Northwood, Stanmore, Edgware and surrounding North West London who want a path forward that genuinely works for their children and for themselves.
The legal process resolves arrangements. It does not resolve the co-parenting relationship that has to work long after the proceedings end. Two parents can leave with a legally binding child arrangements order and still be unable to talk to each other about their children's school, their health, their day.
At Alexander Christian, the starting point is always the same: what is the most constructive path forward for these children, in this family, in this situation? That question leads to different answers for different families. Some need legal representation. Some need mediation. Some need co-parenting guidance before or instead of court proceedings.
The practice works across all of these approaches because no single approach is right for every situation.
The approach here is calm, low-conflict, and forward-focused. Whatever the situation, the goal is a resolution that these children can grow up in not a victory that damages the relationships they depend on.
Family Law
Divorce, financial separation, child arrangements. Legal representation and guidance through the process.
Child Arrangements
Contact, residence, prohibited steps and specific issue orders. Child-focused and constructive throughout.
Co-Parenting Support
For one co-parent - enabling them to reflect and refocus
Initial Conversation
A paid initial conversation about your firm's current AML position and the right starting point for your situation.
What delay costs when children are involved
- Every week of unresolved conflict is a week your children are carrying something they should not have to carry
- Delay rarely preserves your legal position it often erodes it
- The emotional toll of uncertainty compounds over time for every member of the family
- Resolutions reached earlier tend to hold better than those reached under pressure
WHY ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN
You Need Someone Who Truly Understands
I have spent my career standing beside people at some of the most difficult moments of their lives, and some of the most pivotal moments in their businesses. What I have learned, above everything else, is this: people do not need to be lectured. They need to be heard. They need someone who genuinely believes that change is possible, and who will walk alongside them until they believe it too.
I am genuinely hopeful for every person who comes through our door. Not naively - but because I have seen what happens when the right support meets the right moment. Things shift. People find their footing. Families find a better way forward. Businesses rediscover their direction. That potential for transformation is real. And it is why I do this work.
One conversation.
The right starting point.
You don't need to have all the answers before you call. You just need to take the first step.
We offer paid initial consultations by pre-arranged appointment on Mondays and Tuesdays, in-person at our Harrow Business Centre.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens in the first consultation?
We listen to your situation, understand your goals, and outline your next steps. There’s no pressure and no obligation.
Do you work with individuals, families, and businesses?
Yes - we support people navigating separation, business owners needing clarity, and firms managing AML compliance.
How long does an initial consultation last?
Initial consultations usually last 45–60 minutes. The first part of the meeting is spent welcoming you, helping you settle in, and completing the compliance questionnaire together. Because of this, the time can pass quickly.
If you feel you’ll need more space to talk through your situation in detail, we can arrange a longer session. As we book a meeting room for each appointment, the time is fixed — so it’s worth considering in advance whether a longer consultation would be more comfortable for you.
Is everything confidential?
Absolutely. Your privacy and trust are central to our work.
Do you offer remote or online consultations?
For your initial consultation, we prefer to meet in person. This allows us to complete the compliance questionnaire together and gives us the chance to fully understand your situation. We also believe that first meetings deserve something human — a handshake, a welcome, and a real conversation.
After that first meeting, we’re very happy to offer telephone or remote consultations for your convenience.
How do I know if this is right for me?
Get in Touch at Any Time
Do not hesitate to contact us with any queries.
Alexander Christian
Harrow Business Centre
429-433 Pinner Road
North Harrow
Middlesex
Greater London
HA1 4HN
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We offer initial consultations by pre-arranged appointment only on:
Mondays and Tuesdays
- Pre- booked in advance
- In‑person at Harrow Business Centre
Office Hours
10am–4pm - Monday to Fridays
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Alexander Christian is a law firm and business consultancy based at Harrow Business Centre, 429-433 Pinner Road, North Harrow, London HA1 4HN. The practice provides business consultancy for self-employed professionals, sole traders, start-ups and small service businesses in North West London; AML compliance services including Regulation 21(1)(c) independent audits, mock audits and file reviews for small law firms in London; and family law and co-parenting services for separated parents in Harrow, Pinner, Northwood, Stanmore, Edgware, Wembley, Ruislip, Rayners Lane and surrounding North West London areas.
