Birchrose Associates
Financial Crime Associate
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Opportunity for a Financial Crime Associate
Join a highly regarded London law firm and play a key role in the growth of an exciting specialist practice.
The Firm
Our client is a highly respected London law firm with an excellent reputation for sophisticated, complex and sensitive work.
- The firm advises an impressive mix of corporate clients, entrepreneurs, senior executives and private individuals, combining high-quality legal work with a genuinely collaborative and entrepreneurial culture.
- The firm places significant emphasis on its people and is particularly well regarded for providing Associates with strong Partner exposure, responsibility and a supportive working environment.
The Opportunity
The firm is looking to hire a Financial Crime Associate to join its developing Financial Crime practice.
- This is a particularly exciting opportunity for someone looking for more than a traditional Associate role. The new Financial Crime Associate will work closely with a highly regarded Partner and will have the opportunity to play a meaningful role in the continued development and growth of the practice.
- The work will be predominantly contentious and investigations-focused, spanning a broad range of financial crime and criminal matters.
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This will include:
- Acting for individuals and corporate clients in criminal and financial crime investigations
- Advising clients at the early stages of investigations, including interviews under caution and police involvement
- Working on matters involving fraud, money laundering and wider financial crime allegations
- Advising on regulatory and enforcement investigations
- Supporting complex and sensitive contentious matters
- Working directly with senior lawyers and clients throughout investigations
- Contributing to the continued development of a growing specialist practice
Required
- Qualified Solicitor with 2 to 4 years’ experience in criminal litigation, financial crime, or investigations
- Experience handling contentious criminal matters and investigations
- Exposure to financial crime, fraud or related work
- Strong client management and communication skills
- An entrepreneurial and commercially minded approach
- Genuine interest in helping to grow and develop a specialist practice
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Reasons to Apply
- Rare opportunity to join a developing Financial Crime practice at an early stage
- Work closely with a highly regarded specialist Partner
- Significant opportunity for responsibility and direct client exposure
- Broad and high-quality contentious financial crime work
- Opportunity to help shape and grow the practice
- Excellent work-life balance
- Collaborative, down-to-earth and supportive culture
- Competitive salary and bonus structure
- Hybrid working
For further information and a confidential discussion regarding this Financial Crime Associate opportunity, please apply or contact Emily Donnell at Birchrose Associates.
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