Associate – White Collar Crime / Corporate Financial Crime

The Business:

Greenberg Traurig LLP is a global powerhouse with over 3,200 lawyers in 51 locations worldwide. Established in London in 2009, GT’s London office has expanded through strategic growth to become a full-service, multidisciplinary practice with more than 170 high-calibre lawyers. We provide tailored, partner-led strategic advice and efficient, cost-effective legal services to UK and international clients.

Our London team advises on a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border legal issues, including in the areas of Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Civil Fraud & Business Disputes, Corporate/M&A, Data Protection & Privacy, Employment, Competition Law and Regulatory, Funds, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Private Equity, Real Estate, Regulatory, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax, and White Collar Crime & Investigations.

Reflective of London’s multifaceted business community, our client base is varied across many sectors, including real estate / real assets, energy, infrastructure, transport, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, retail, financial, and digital & communications.

Our commitment to building long-term relationships with clients as well as establishing new ones has led to the office being consistently recognised by leading legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.

In addition, creating a diverse and inclusive work culture that offers our employees the opportunity and support they need to succeed is a core value for us at GT. We want to ensure potential employees are supported through the recruitment process and therefore we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that are required at any stage of the process or upon joining GT.

The Role:

We are looking to hire a talented 3–6 years’ PQE lawyer to join our growing and highly regarded white collar defence and investigations team in London.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious lawyer with experience at a leading City or international law firm to work on sophisticated, high-value and often cross-border matters for major corporates, financial institutions and senior stakeholders, including acting for individuals facing potential criminal, regulatory or reputational exposure.

The successful candidate will have a particular focus on corporate financial crime, compliance and investigations, including sanctions, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption and corporate due diligence.

The Candidate Responsibilities:

• Advising individuals in relation to allegations or suspicions of fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering, sanctions breaches, insider dealing and other financial misconduct.

• Advising corporates and financial institutions on financial crime risk and compliance, including sanctions, AML and anti-bribery and corruption.

• Advising on UK and international sanctions regimes and export control, including sanctions risk arising from transactions, counterparties, investments and commercial relationships.

• Conducting and advising on corporate due diligence, including ABC, AML, sanctions and broader financial crime risk in the context of M&A, investments, joint ventures and other strategic transactions.

• Advising on the design, implementation and enhancement of financial crime compliance frameworks, policies and procedures.

• Supporting clients with internal investigations into suspected bribery and corruption, fraud, money laundering, sanctions breaches and other financial misconduct.

• Advising on regulatory and enforcement risk, including engagement with relevant UK and international authorities where appropriate.

• Advising on risk mitigation, remediation and compliance enhancement programmes following investigations or identified control weaknesses.

• Supporting clients on emerging areas of corporate criminal liability and financial crime risk.

• Working on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters, coordinating with lawyers and advisers across different offices and jurisdictions.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements.

Experience, Skills, and Personal Attributes:

• 3–6 years’ PQE in a leading City, Magic Circle or comparable international firm.

• Strong experience in white collar crime, corporate crime, investigations, financial crime or regulatory work.

• Meaningful experience advising on one or more of sanctions, AML, ABC, corporate due diligence or financial crime compliance.

• Experience advising sophisticated corporate or financial institution clients.

• Experience representing or advising individuals in connection with white collar, criminal, regulatory or internal investigations would be highly advantageous.

• An ability to handle complex matters, often involving multiple jurisdictions and competing legal, regulatory and reputational considerations.

• Excellent drafting, analytical and communication skills.

• The ability to work confidently with senior client stakeholders and to provide clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice.

• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively as part of a high-performing team.

Experience of investigations, regulatory enforcement, M&A-related compliance due diligence or working with regulators would be particularly valuable.

Qualifications:

Admitted to practice as a solicitor or barrister in England, Australia or New Zealand (certain other Commonwealth jurisdictions may be considered). 

Undergraduate degree achieving a minimum of a 2:1 or equivalent.