Senior Global Lead, Corporate Investigations

Sloaneshorey; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sloaneshorey is seeking an Associate Director for Corporate Investigations in London to lead and shape complex international investigations, collaborating with lawyers and clients to develop strategies and deliver evidential findings for court or arbitration proceedings.

The role involves cross-border research, witness interviews, and coordination across jurisdictions, with exposure to high-stakes disputes and enforcement actions.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years’ relevant professional experience
• Strong track record in complex investigations
• Experience handling cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters, ideally involving litigation, arbitration, asset tracing, fraud, corruption or other contentious situations
• Strong investigative judgement, with the ability to develop lines of enquiry, assess evidence and determine how an investigation should progress
• Comfortable working closely with lawyers and understanding how investigative findings support wider legal and disputes strategy
• Experience may have been gained within a specialist investigations or intelligence firm, disputes consultancy, law firm, forensic practice, government or another relevant investigative environment
• Strong research and analytical capabilities across public records, corporate information, litigation records, open-source intelligence and human-source enquiries
• Experience identifying, approaching and interviewing sources, witnesses or other relevant individuals would be valuable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex findings clearly to lawyers, senior clients and other stakeholders
• International experience and additional languages would be advantageous
• Legal training or previous experience within a legal environment would be useful but is not essential
• Comfortable operating internationally and undertaking fieldwork where required

Responsibilities

• Conduct investigations supporting complex international litigation and arbitration.
• Undertake asset tracing, evidence gathering, corporate and individual research, and investigations into fraud, corruption and misconduct.
• Identify documentary and testimonial evidence that can withstand scrutiny in court or arbitration.
• Develop investigative strategies alongside lawyers.
• Conduct public-record and open-source research across multiple jurisdictions.
• Identify, approach and interview sources/witnesses where appropriate.
• Map corporate structures, ownership, relationships, assets and financial/commercial interests.
• Support enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.
• Analyse findings and produce concise, evidentially robust written work for clients and counsel.
• Work closely with leadership and have direct exposure to clients throughout the lifecycle of a case.
• Potentially undertake fieldwork internationally.
• Develop an understanding of the legal strategy behind the matter so that investigative work advances the client's case

Job description

Sloaneshorey is seeking an Associate Director for Corporate Investigations in London to lead and shape complex international investigations, collaborating with lawyers and clients to develop strategies and deliver evidential findings for court or arbitration proceedings.

The role involves cross-border research, witness interviews, and coordination across jurisdictions, with exposure to high-stakes disputes and enforcement actions.