Sanctions Legal Counsel

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking group seeks a Sanctions Legal Counsel (Director) in London to provide compliance and legal advice across the EMEA region. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in sanctions law, financial crime, and stakeholder management, contributing to strategic corporate decisions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years post-qualification experience in a similar role.
• Solid experience in sanctions and financial crime.
• Good understanding of banking, finance and capital markets.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on sanctions and financial crime matters.
• Work across various legal and compliance aspects in the EMEA region.
• Advise stakeholders on impact of sanctions regimes.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Legal Advice

Compliance Knowledge

Sanctions Law

Financial Crime Knowledge

Education

Qualified lawyer or similar qualification

Job description

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Client:

Bruin

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Sanctions Legal Counsel (Director)

Location: London

Team: Structured Finance Legal Division

Reporting to: Head of Group Legal

Direct Reports

Role Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sanctions Legal Counsel to join a highly collaborative and energetic Legal team, which provides advice for the EMEA region within a leading Banking Group.

In the role, you will work across a broad range of legal, compliance, including sanctions and financial crime, business, risk management, and operations across the EMEA region.

You will be the main representative on sanctions and financial crime matters and related cross-departmental projects. Advising a broad range of stakeholders on the impact of sanctions regimes (including UK, EU) in relation to the company's corporate strategy and risk appetite framework.

Experience and Knowledge Required for the role:

• Experience working with a broad range of senior stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, business departments, committees and management where required.
• Qualified lawyer or similar qualification.
• Ideally, a minimum of 6 years, post-qualification experience within a similar role.
• Solid experience in a broad range of sanctions and financial crime.
• A good understanding of banking, finance and capital markets products.
• Background in a financial services firm, corporate or a reputable law firm.
• Excellent knowledge of UK and EU sanctions law (and familiarity with US sanctions helpful) and regulations as part of the overall financial services regulatory environment, and financial crime laws helpful too.
• Experience in the payments and operations infrastructure of financial services firms, which may impact the analysis of sanctions regimes, is preferable.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.