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Regulatory Change Management & Legal Impact Assessment Training Course

Equips teams to spot new and amended regulations early, assess their legal and operational impact, and carry the required changes into policies and processes.

RCR · Regulatory & Legal RiskAll Levels#2092ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
Duration
5 Days
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Course Overview

This advanced training course provides a practical and structured framework for managing regulatory change and assessing the legal and operational impact of new, amended, or emerging laws and regulations. It focuses on enabling organizations to identify relevant regulatory developments early, determine their potential impact, and implement appropriate changes across policies, processes, controls, contracts, systems, and business activities. Participants will explore the complete regulatory change lifecycle, from regulatory horizon scanning and requirement identification through impact assessment, gap analysis, implementation, monitoring, and post-implementation review. The course emphasizes the integration of legal analysis with compliance, risk management, governance, and operational decision-making. The program also addresses legal impact assessment methodologies, regulatory obligation mapping, regulatory gap analysis, change prioritization, implementation planning, stakeholder coordination, documentation, regulatory communication, and evidence management. Participants will learn how to assess financial, operational, contractual, technology, and reputational implications associated with regulatory changes. Through practical case studies and scenario-based workshops, participants will develop the ability to establish effective regulatory change management processes, conduct structured legal impact assessments, identify implementation gaps, assign responsibilities, and monitor the effectiveness of regulatory changes after implementation.

Learning Objectives

  • By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
  • Understand the principles and lifecycle of regulatory change management.
  • Identify and monitor new, amended, and emerging regulatory requirements.
  • Establish effective regulatory horizon-scanning processes.
  • Assess the legal and operational impact of regulatory changes.
  • Map regulatory requirements to policies, processes, controls, contracts, and systems.
  • Conduct structured regulatory and legal gap assessments.
  • Prioritize regulatory changes according to risk, urgency, and organizational impact.
  • Develop implementation plans for regulatory and legal changes.
  • Coordinate regulatory change activities across legal, compliance, risk, and business functions.
  • Establish effective documentation, evidence, and regulatory reporting processes.
  • Monitor post-implementation compliance and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented changes.
  • Develop an integrated regulatory change management framework aligned with organizational objectives.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for Compliance Officers, Regulatory Affairs Professionals, Legal Counsel, Risk Managers, Governance Professionals, Internal Auditors, and professionals responsible for monitoring or implementing regulatory requirements. It is also suitable for senior managers, business unit leaders, policy and procedure specialists, contract managers, project managers, internal control professionals, and decision-makers whose responsibilities involve regulatory change, legal impact assessment, compliance, governance, or organizational transformation. The program is particularly relevant to banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, government entities, oil and gas organizations, multinational corporations, and other highly regulated industries operating in rapidly changing legal and regulatory environments.

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Establish a structured regulatory change management lifecycle.
  • Identify and track relevant regulatory developments and emerging requirements.
  • Analyze regulatory texts and determine applicable organizational obligations.
  • Assess the legal, operational, financial, contractual, technological, and reputational impact of regulatory changes.
  • Develop regulatory obligation and requirement maps.
  • Conduct comprehensive regulatory and legal gap assessments.
  • Prioritize regulatory changes according to materiality, urgency, and risk.
  • Develop implementation plans with clear responsibilities, timelines, and deliverables.
  • Coordinate regulatory change initiatives across relevant organizational functions.
  • Establish evidence and documentation requirements for regulatory implementation.
  • Monitor compliance after implementation and identify residual gaps.
  • Prepare management reports and continuous-improvement plans for regulatory change management.

Course Outline

Course Outline

Day 1

Regulatory Change Management Foundations & Horizon Scanning

  • Fundamentals of regulatory change management
  • The regulatory change lifecycle
  • Sources of regulatory and legal change
  • Regulatory horizon scanning
  • Monitoring laws, regulations, directives, standards, and supervisory developments
  • Identifying relevant regulatory developments
  • Regulatory applicability and obligation assessment
  • Roles of legal, compliance, risk, business, and governance functions
  • Regulatory change governance and accountability
  • Practical Application: Developing a regulatory horizon-scanning and change-identification framework
Day 2

Legal & Regulatory Impact Assessment

  • Principles of legal impact assessment
  • Regulatory requirement analysis
  • Determining organizational applicability
  • Assessing legal and regulatory obligations
  • Financial and operational impact assessment
  • Contractual and liability implications
  • Technology, data, and systems impact
  • Organizational and reputational implications
  • Assessing direct and indirect regulatory impacts
  • Practical Workshop: Conducting a comprehensive legal and regulatory impact assessment for a new regulatory requirement
Day 3

Regulatory Gap Analysis & Change Implementation

  • Regulatory obligation mapping
  • Mapping requirements to policies and procedures
  • Regulatory control mapping
  • Identifying compliance and implementation gaps
  • Assessing existing controls and processes
  • Root-cause analysis of regulatory gaps
  • Regulatory change prioritization
  • Developing remediation and implementation plans
  • Defining responsibilities, milestones, and deliverables
  • Practical Application: Building a regulatory gap assessment and implementation plan
Day 4

Regulatory Change Execution, Governance & Stakeholder Management

  • Regulatory change project management
  • Cross-functional coordination and accountability
  • Legal and compliance review processes
  • Updating policies, procedures, contracts, and controls
  • Technology and system implementation requirements
  • Training and organizational change considerations
  • Regulatory documentation and evidence management
  • Regulatory communication and supervisory engagement
  • Managing implementation risks and delays
  • Practical Workshop: Developing a cross-functional regulatory change execution plan
Day 5

Post-Implementation Monitoring, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

  • Post-implementation regulatory compliance monitoring
  • Testing the effectiveness of regulatory changes
  • Identifying residual compliance and legal gaps
  • Regulatory change performance indicators
  • Regulatory change dashboards and reporting
  • Escalation and issue-management processes
  • Regulatory audit and examination readiness
  • Lessons learned and post-implementation reviews
  • Regulatory change maturity assessment
  • Final Integrated Workshop: Developing an enterprise regulatory change management framework covering horizon scanning, legal impact assessment, gap analysis, prioritization, implementation, governance, monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Upcoming Dates

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London · 28 Jun – 2 Jul 2027 · Classroom

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AmmanScheduled
27 – 31 Dec 2026€3,100€2,790until 7 Dec
DubaiScheduled
27 – 31 Dec 2026€4,400€3,960until 7 Dec
OnlineScheduled
27 – 31 Dec 2026€1,700€1,530until 7 Dec
AmsterdamScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,400€4,860until 7 Dec
BakuScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,800€4,320until 7 Dec
BangkokScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€6,100€5,490until 7 Dec
BarcelonaScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,400€4,860until 7 Dec
BerlinScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,800€5,220until 7 Dec
CairoScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€3,300€2,970until 7 Dec
CasablancaScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,300€3,870until 7 Dec
DammamScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,200€3,780until 7 Dec
DohaScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,400€3,960until 7 Dec
FrankfurtScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,800€5,220until 7 Dec
GenevaScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€6,300€5,670until 7 Dec
IstanbulScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,700€4,230until 7 Dec
Kuala LumpurScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,400€3,960until 7 Dec
LisbonScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,400€4,860until 7 Dec
LondonScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,600€5,040until 7 Dec
MadinahScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,200€3,780until 7 Dec
MadridScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,400€4,860until 7 Dec
MakkahScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,200€3,780until 7 Dec
ManamaScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,700€4,230until 7 Dec
MarrakeshScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,300€3,870until 7 Dec
MilanScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€6,000€5,400until 7 Dec
MunichScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,400€4,860until 7 Dec
MuscatScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,300€4,770until 7 Dec
ParisScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,700€5,130until 7 Dec
RiyadhScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€4,200€3,780until 7 Dec
RomeScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,800€5,220until 7 Dec
ViennaScheduled
28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027€5,700€5,130until 7 Dec
LondonScheduled
28 Jun – 2 Jul 2027€5,600€5,040until 7 Jun

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