Financial Crime Lawyer

We are working with a leading international law firm that is seeking a Financial Crime Lawyer to join on a six-month contract. The successful candidate will be seconded to a prominent real estate company, providing legal and regulatory support across financial crime matters, including anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), and fraud prevention.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer to work closely with legal, compliance, and business stakeholders in a dynamic in-house environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Advising on UK and international financial crime regulations, including AML, sanctions, ABC, and fraud.
• Supporting the review and enhancement of financial crime policies, procedures, and controls.
• Providing legal advice on customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), and know your customer (KYC) issues.
• Advising on sanctions screening, exposure assessments, and escalation of potential sanctions concerns.
• Supporting internal investigations and incident response relating to suspicious activity or financial crime risks.
• Reviewing and negotiating contractual provisions relating to financial crime compliance.
• Delivering practical legal advice to senior stakeholders across legal, compliance, risk, and operational teams.
• Assisting with regulatory enquiries, audits, and remediation projects.
• Supporting the delivery of financial crime training and awareness initiatives.

Candidate Requirements

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent common law jurisdiction).
• Ideally 4+ years’ PQE, though candidates with relevant experience at other levels will be considered.
• Strong experience advising on AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and related financial crime matters.
• Experience gained in private practice, in-house, or on secondment.
• Knowledge of financial crime risks within the real estate sector would be advantageous.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to work independently and provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice.

Desirable Experience

• Familiarity with the UK Money Laundering Regulations, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Bribery Act 2010, and UK sanctions framework.
• Experience supporting compliance teams with policy reviews and remediation exercises.
• Prior secondment or in-house experience within real estate, property, or regulated sectors.

About Elevate

Elevate is a global provider of consulting, technology, and services for law departments and law firms. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our team of 1,600+ legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operates across the United States, Europe, the UK, Asia, Hong Kong, and Australia.

Legal Talent is our flexible resourcing division, redefining careers in the legal industry. We connect exceptional legal professionals with the evolving needs of our customers through a curated, world-class global talent community and advanced, technology-enabled search capabilities. We are proud to have been ranked Band 1 in Chambers’ Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision: A world where legal and business teams achieve extraordinary outcomes together.

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As strong advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Legal Talent is committed to hiring talented professionals from all backgrounds.

We invite you to join the Legal Talent team and help us reshape the legal industry, making a real impact on the legal universe.