An international law firm is looking for an experienced Senior Financial Crime Advisor to join its London-based Risk & Compliance team.
The Senior Financial Crime Advisor role would be ideal for someone who is looking to move into a more strategic and advisory-focused position. Law firm experience is essential.
Key Responsibilities for the Senior Financial Crime Advisor role:
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Provide expert advisory support to partners, lawyers, and business services teams on financial crime matters, including AML, sanctions, and regulatory obligations.
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Act as a second line of defence, advising on complex financial crime risks arising from new and existing client relationships.
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Serve as an escalation point for complex AML and sanctions queries, supporting the wider Financial Crime and Business Acceptance teams.
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Provide guidance on high-risk clients, politically exposed persons (PEPs), sanctions exposure, and complex corporate structures.
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Assist in the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of the firm’s financial crime policies, procedures, and controls.
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Monitor and interpret UK financial crime regulations and regulatory developments, ensuring the firm remains compliant with its obligations.
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Provide training and guidance to lawyers and internal teams on financial crime risks and compliance obligations.
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Work closely with senior members of the Risk & Compliance team, including the MLRO and Head of Financial Crime, on strategic risk management initiatives.
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Support the firm’s global offices by providing consistent and practical financial crime advice aligned with regulatory expectations.
Experience & Skills Required:
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Significant experience working within financial crime, AML, or sanctions compliance within a law firm (essential).
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Strong knowledge of UK AML regulations, including the Money Laundering Regulations, sanctions regimes, and regulatory expectations for law firms.
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Proven ability to analyse complex financial crime risks and client structures.
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Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to advise senior lawyers and partners.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading international law firm in a senior financial crime advisory role that offers exposure to complex regulatory issues and high-level stakeholder engagement. Apply today!
A prestigious international law firm is looking for a Business Acceptance Analyst to join its London Risk & Compliance team.
The ideal candidate for the Business Acceptance Analyst position would be someone with 2+ years experience in conflicts, AML, or business intake within a law firm environment.
Key Responsibilities Business Acceptance Analyst role:
- Review and analyse new client and matter intake requests to ensure compliance with firm policies and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct conflicts of interest searches using the firm’s conflicts database and analyse results to identify potential legal or commercial conflicts.
- Assist with the resolution of identified conflicts, liaising with partners, fee earners, and senior members of the Risk & Compliance team.
- Review AML/KYC documentation and ensure appropriate client due diligence has been completed prior to engagement.
- Escalate complex issues or high-risk matters to senior members of the team where required.
- Work closely with colleagues across Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, and Conflicts teams to ensure a smooth onboarding process.
- Assist with ongoing improvements to intake processes, policies, and systems.
Skills & Experience
- Previous experience in a Compliance role, ideally within a law firm environment.
- Strong understanding of conflicts of interest principles and AML/KYC requirements.
- Experience using conflicts or intake systems (e.g., Intapp or similar platforms) is advantageous.
- Ability to manage multiple requests in a fast-paced environment
This is an excellent opportunity for a Business Acceptance Analyst to join a leading international law firm in London, supporting the onboarding of global clients and matters. Apply today
A prestigious UK law firm is looking for a Risk Lawyer to join their General Counsel & Risk Team.
This Risk Lawyer role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced lawyer with a strong background in professional negligence and regulatory risk to move into an in-house position that offers excellent flexibility.
Key Responsibilities for the Risk Lawyer role:
- Advising the firm on professional negligence, claims, and complaints, including risk mitigation strategies.
- Supporting the General Counsel on complex risk and regulatory matters affecting the firm.
- Assisting with the management of potential and actual claims, including liaising with insurers where required.
- Providing guidance to partners and fee earners on professional conduct and risk issues.
- Contributing to the firm’s supervision framework, ensuring appropriate oversight and compliance with regulatory expectations.
- Analysing data and risk trends to help identify potential areas of exposure and recommend preventative measures.
- Supporting the development and delivery of risk training and guidance across the firm.
- Working closely with other teams within Risk & Compliance, including financial crime, conflicts, and data protection.
Candidate Profile
- Qualified lawyer (England & Wales or common law jurisdiction).
- Strong understanding of professional negligence and professional risk, ideally gained within a law firm, or insurer.
- Significant experience working in law firms and a strong understanding of law firm culture, structure and risk
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to advise and influence senior stakeholders.
This Risk Lawyer role is a fantastic in-house opportunity for an experienced lawyer to join a Top 50 UK Law Firm in a role that offers fantastic flexibility and the chance to work closely with the General Counsel. Apply today or get in touch at [email protected]
A leading international law firm is looking for a Conflicts Clearance Analyst to join its Risk & Compliance team based in New York with 3 days in office.
This Conflicts Clearance Analyst role is responsible for supporting the firm’s new business intake process by conducting comprehensive conflicts checks and assisting with the resolution of potential legal and commercial conflicts.
Keys Responsibilities for the Conflicts Clearance Analyst role:
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Conduct conflict of interest searches for new clients and matters using the firm’s conflicts database.
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Analyse search results to identify potential legal and commercial conflicts of interest.
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Assist with the clearance and resolution of conflicts in accordance with the firm’s policies and professional conduct rules.
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Liaise with attorneys and other internal stakeholders to obtain information required for accurate conflict analysis.
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Escalate complex conflicts issues to senior members of the Risk & Compliance team where appropriate.
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Maintain accurate records of conflicts searches, resolutions, and approvals.
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Support the wider new business intake process, including reviewing matter details and client information.
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Assist with the maintenance and updating of client and matter data within the firm’s systems.
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Contribute to ongoing improvements to conflicts processes and procedures.
Skills & Experience
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Previous experience in conflicts or new business intake within a law firm environment.
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Strong understanding of conflicts of interest principles and legal ethics.
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Experience using conflicts or intake systems such as imanage or similar platforms is advantageous.
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High level of professionalism and discretion when handling confidential information.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing international law firm as a Conflicts Clearance Analyst and play a key role in supporting the firm’s risk and compliance framework. Apply today!
A US law firm is looking for a Risk Specialist to join its London-based Risk & Compliance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
This Risk Specialist (12 mth FTC ) role will play a key part in supporting the firm’s new business intake and ongoing client monitoring processes, with a particular focus on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and conflicts.
Key Responsibilities for the Risk Specialist (12 mth FTC) role:
- Conduct comprehensive AML and client due diligence on new and existing clients in line with regulatory requirements and firm policies.
- Perform conflict checks for new clients, matters, and lateral hires using the firm’s conflicts systems.
- Analyse conflict search results and assist with identifying potential legal and commercial conflicts.
- Escalate complex AML or conflicts issues to senior members of the Risk & Compliance team where appropriate.
- Liaise with fee earners and business services teams to obtain necessary information to complete client onboarding.
- Ensure compliance with UK AML regulations, sanctions requirements, and firm policies.
- Assist with ongoing monitoring, client risk assessments, and periodic reviews where required.
- Maintain accurate records of due diligence and conflicts checks within the firm’s systems.
- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of risk management procedures and processes.
Skills & Experience:
- Previous experience working in a Risk, Compliance, AML, or Business Intake function, ideally within a law firm environment.
- Strong working knowledge of AML regulations and financial crime risk.
- Experience conducting client due diligence and analysing complex corporate structures.
- Familiarity with conflicts checking processes and systems within a legal environment is advantageous.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced compliance professional looking to join a prestigious US law firm.
A leading US law firm is looking for a Commercial Lawyer (client terms) to join their in-house Risk & Compliance team in London.
The Commercial Lawyer (client terms) will focus on the review, negotiation and management of client engagement terms.
The role would suit a commercially minded lawyer with strong contract negotiation experience gained in a law firm environment.
Key Responsibilities for the Commercial Lawyer (client terms) role:
Reviewing and negotiating:
- Client engagement letters
- Outside counsel guidelines (OCGs)
- Framework agreements and panel terms
- NDAs and related commercial documentation
Advising on contractual risk issues including:
- Limitation of liability and indemnities
- Confidentiality and information security
- Data protection provisions
- Conflicts, ethics and regulatory clauses
- Insurance-related provisions
- Identifying and escalating non-standard or high-risk clauses to senior OGC colleagues where required.
- Supporting partner training on engagement terms and contractual risk management.
- Contributing to global alignment with US and other international offices.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Qualified lawyer (England & Wales or common law jurisdiction preferred).
- Strong commercial contracts experience.
- Experience negotiating client terms within a law firm environment highly desirable.
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills.
An excellent opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer looking for an in-house role within a prestigious US law firm. Apply today!
A leading international Law firm is looking for a Financial Crime Lawyer to join their Risk & Compliance department in London.
The ideal candidate for the Financial Crime Lawyer role will have substantial experience in a financial crime focused role within a law firm environment.
Key Responsibilities for the Financial Crime Lawyer role:
- Advise the General Counsel, MLRO, MLCO, and wider Risk team on all aspects of financial crime regulation and compliance.
- Lead and manage investigations into complex AML, sanctions, and bribery concerns, ensuring appropriate escalation and documentation.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of firmwide financial crime policies, controls, and procedures.
- Provide advice on client due diligence and matter acceptance, including high-risk jurisdictions, politically exposed persons (PEPs), and sanctions screening.
- Support the preparation of regulatory reports and responses to audits or information requests.
- Design and deliver training sessions on financial crime topics to lawyers and business services staff.
- Assist with firmwide risk assessments and contribute to the firm’s annual review of its financial crime framework.
- Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with UK and international regulatory standards.
- Keep abreast of emerging legislation, regulatory changes, and enforcement trends, ensuring these are communicated effectively across the firm.
Skills and Experience:
- Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales).
- In-depth understanding of UK financial crime laws and regulations, including AML, sanctions, ABC, and related SRA obligations.
- Experience advising on or managing complex financial crime investigations or compliance projects.
- Prior experience within a law firm risk or compliance team, or exposure to new business acceptance processes, would be advantageous.
This is an excellent opportunity for a financial crime specialist to join a leading international law firm and play a key role in shaping its compliance framework.
A leading global law firm is looking for a Conflicts & AML Analyst to join their Risk and Compliance team that can be either remote or London based.
The ideal candidate for the Conflicts & AML Analyst role will have prior compliance experience in a law firm environment.
Key Responsibilities for the Conflicts & AML Analyst:
- Conduct thorough conflict of interest checks for new clients and matters.
- Analyse conflict search results and escalate potential issues to senior management.
- Provide guidance and advice to partners and fee earners on conflict issues.
- Perform client due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) in accordance with AML regulations.
- Monitor and review client transactions for potential money laundering risks.
- Ensure compliance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) rules, particularly concerning conflicts of interest and AML.
- Stay informed about changes in relevant laws and regulations and advise the firm accordingly.
- Assist in developing and implementing compliance training programs for staff.
- Identify and assess potential risks related to conflicts of interest and AML and develop strategies to mitigate identified risks.
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure a cohesive approach to risk management.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, or a related field
- Experience working in a Risk and Compliance function within a law firm.
- Extensive knowledge of the SRA rules, particularly those relating to conflicts of interest and AML.
- Experience conducting conflict checks and client due diligence.
If you are a dedicated professional with a passion for AML compliance and conflicts of interest, we encourage you to apply for this exciting role.
A leading US law firm is looking for a Conflicts Attorney to join its London-based Risk & Compliance team.
The Conflicts Attorney role is a key advisory position supporting the firm’s lawyers on complex conflicts, ethics and professional responsibility matters across a broad range of practice areas and jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities for the Conflicts Attorney role:
- Advise partners and lawyers on conflicts of interest, confidentiality and professional responsibility issues arising from new matters, lateral hires and ongoing representations
- Analyse and resolve complex conflicts, including corporate affiliations, positional conflicts, waivers and ethical screens
- Draft, review and negotiate conflicts waivers, engagement letters and related client communications
- Provide guidance on the firm’s conflicts and risk management policies, ensuring compliance with SRA rules, US ethical standards and internal firm requirements
- Support the opening of new matters and clients, acting as an escalation point for the Conflicts and New Business Intake teams
- Advise on conflicts issues relating to lateral partner and team hires, including portfolio reviews and risk assessments
- Assist with the development and enhancement of conflicts policies, procedures and training materials
- Deliver training to lawyers and business services teams on conflicts and professional responsibility topics
- Liaise closely with colleagues in the US and other international offices to ensure a consistent global approach to conflicts management
Candidate Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer
- Previous experience advising on conflicts and professional responsibility matters within a law firm or in-house legal environment
- Strong knowledge of conflicts of interest principles, confidentiality obligations and ethical rules
- Experience working with complex, multi-jurisdictional matters
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Conflicts Attorney to join a prestigious US law firm in London, working on high-level, international conflicts and ethics matters. Apply today or contact [email protected]
