Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Corporate Crime & Investigations Senior Associate
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Leading UK law firm is seeking an experienced Corporate Crime & Investigations Senior Associate (5+ PQE) to join its highly regarded disputes practice in London.
This is an opportunity to join one of the UK's strongest specialist regulatory and investigations teams, advising major corporates, boards, directors, public bodies and high-net-worth individuals on some of the market's most complex and high-profile matters.
The Opportunity
You'll advise on a broad range of contentious regulatory and corporate crime matters, including:
- Serious Fraud Office, FCA, HMRC, HSE, Environment Agency and police investigations
- Internal investigations and crisis management
- Corporate and director liability
- Serious fraud, bribery and corruption
- Money laundering and proceeds of crime
- Sanctions and export controls
- Financial crime and regulatory enforcement
- Corporate manslaughter and health & safety investigations
- Environmental crime
- Coroners' inquests and public inquiries
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The role offers significant client exposure, responsibility from day one and the opportunity to work on nationally significant investigations and prosecutions across a broad range of sectors.
Requirements
You will ideally have:
- 5+ years' PQE
- Strong experience in corporate crime, financial crime or regulatory investigations
- Experience advising corporate clients through complex investigations or prosecutions
- Excellent drafting, client management and commercial skills
- A genuine interest in crisis response and high-profile regulatory work
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Experience across health & safety, environmental enforcement, sanctions or public inquiries would be advantageous but is not essential.
Why Apply?
- Join one of the UK's leading Corporate Crime & Investigations teams
- Work alongside recognised market-leading practitioners
- Exceptional quality of work with major UK and international clients
- Genuine responsibility and client contact from the outset
- Flexible hybrid working
- Transparent progression within a highly collaborative team
- Rare opportunity in a niche practice area where vacancies seldom come to market
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