Senior Compliance Lawyer - Global experience needed

QED Legal; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious international law firm in London is looking for a Senior Risk & Compliance Lawyer to lead their sanctions compliance efforts. This role involves advising on complex sanctions issues, training teams, and collaborating across jurisdictions. The ideal candidate has 6–10 years of PQE and extensive experience in sanctions and financial crime, alongside a commercially minded and calm demeanor. The firm offers a competitive salary, hybrid working model, and a collaborative culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Top tier firm-wide benefits

Genuinely collaborative culture

International reach

Qualifications

• 6–10 years’ PQE in relevant legal practice.
• Experience in an international firm ideally required.
• Ability to handle complex sanctions issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead firm-wide sanctions compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advise on complex sanctions issues and reporting.
• Deliver engaging training to partners and fee earners.

Skills

Sanctions compliance

Financial crime expertise

Diplomacy

Commercial awareness

Education

Qualified Lawyer (England & Wales)

Job description

⚖️ Senior Risk & Compliance Lawyer 📍 London
💼 Hybrid

We're working with a FABULOUS leading international law firm with presence across UK, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Looking to expand their growing global compliance team.

This is a great opportunity for a global compliance and sanctions expert. Looking for a senior lawyer to join their function to update policies, support client relationships and make sure everything is on track.

You’ll be the firm’s go-to expert for all things sanctions.

Advising on global regimes, reporting to OFSI, shaping policy, and training teams to navigate ever-changing rules, all while keeping things practical and human. Working in the centre of a global Risk & Compliance function, working closely with senior leadership.

The Role?

• Lead firm-wide sanctions compliance across multiple jurisdictions


• Advise on complex sanctions issues, reporting & due diligence


• Liaise with OFSI and banking partners


• Keep policies, systems & processes sharp and effective


• Deliver engaging training to partners and fee earners


• Collaborate across offices, ensuring consistency and confidence in compliance

Who you are:

• 🔹 Qualified Lawyer (England & Wales), ideally 6–10 years’ PQE


• 🔹 Experienced in sanctions and financial crime (international firm background ideal)


• 🔹 Commercially minded, calm under pressure, and quietly persuasive


• 🔹 You’ve got that blend of rigour, diplomacy and curiosity that makes compliance teams thrive

What’s on offer:

• Competitive salary


• International reach


• Hybrid 3 days a week in office


• A genuinely collaborative culture


• Top tier firm-wide benefits

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