Senior Associate / Legal Director, Dispute Resolution - Business Crime and Regulatory

Our Business Crime and Regulatory offering provides a first rate service to corporates and senior executives who are facing, or are vulnerable to, a white-collar crime or regulatory investigation.

Many of our cases involve accusations of corporate fraud, financial crime, bribery and corruption and are investigated by the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, National Crime Agency, HMRC or the Insolvency Service.

The team is considered a market leader in Business Crime and Regulatory and are frequently instructed in some of the most high-profile investigations, many of which are complex and involve multiple jurisdictions.

We are seeking a Senior Associate or Legal Director with proven criminal and regulatory experience to join the team.

You will have strong technical experience as well as excellent client relationship skills, working with Partners and lawyers at all levels in the team to meet clients’ needs, often managing your own client relationships and matters from start to finish. You will also be comfortable in contributing towards business development and marketing activities, developing and maintaining client relationships and contributing to Knowhow and thought leadership.

• The ability to manage complex client matters identifying and analysing all legal and commercial issues.
• Ensuring delivery of commercially-focused work, completed to high quality and consistent standards.
• Acting as a trusted adviser through demonstrating and applying a thorough understanding of the client’s needs and risks.
• Developing and maintaining relationships both internally and externally, converting new business opportunities to progressively develop a client portfolio.
• Contributing to the team’s business development activities, including thought leadership.
• Overseeing the work of less experienced members of the team, developing and mentoring them.

You will be able to demonstrate;

• Experience of managing your own case load including financial crime, general crime and regulatory matters.
• The ability to gain an understanding of clients’ needs and provide solutions to meet them
• A confident and effective written and verbal communication style
• Ability to supervise and mentor less experienced members of the team
• Ability to work collaboratively with others to provide a quality service to both internal and external clients
• Strong organisation skills
• Flexibility in approach
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent client care skills, with the ability to work with the wider team and business development team to develop and maintain client relationships

We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.

We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move. We’ve also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.

We’re proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we’ve come from, we are focused on where we’re going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.

The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme