Solicitor - Business Crime and Sanctions

About the Firm

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a specialist law firm with a focus on heavyweight disputes and renowned for its work in business crime and investigations, and fraud and commercial disputes. Clients come to us in serious situations, where reputation, livelihood, and liberty are at risk. Our work is often high profile, and our clients include multinational corporations, financial institutions, governments, and investors. We are recognised by legal directories as a leading name across our practice areas. Most recently we were awarded Litigation: Team of the Year at the Lawyer Awards 2025 and Commercial Disputes Team of the Year award at the Chambers UK Awards 2025. We have a strong commitment to justice, not only in the work we do for our clients, but also in the way we support our people and contribute to our community. We pride ourselves on the quality of our team, our friendly culture, and our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.

About the Department

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] have been ranked 'top tier' by the leading directories across its practice for many years. Our renowned Business Crime lawyers specialise in anti-money laundering; bribery and corruption; commercial and trust litigation; corporate investigations, criminal antitrust (cartels); cross-border issues (including extradition and mutual legal assistance); economic sanctions; financial regulation; fraud (criminal and civil); insider dealing; international asset-tracing and tax investigations.

Requirements

• UK qualified Solicitor with a minimum 2 years PQE experience in sanctions and export controls.
• Demonstrable experience in ownership & control assessments, payment due diligence, licencing, reporting, enforcement and related litigation.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to assimilate large amounts of information with careful attention to detail.
• Clear oral and written communication.
• Organisational skills to manage a large and varied caseload.
• Demonstrable enthusiasm for this practice area.