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Financial Crime Lawyer

UNCOVER · London, Greater London

Type
Full-time
Posted
22 days ago

Overview

Your experience with PACE and regulatory frameworks gives you a grounding in compliance, but this role requires a legal qualification and sanctions law expertise.

About this role

A prominent UK law firm is looking for a Financial Crime Lawyer to join its established Risk & Compliance team in London.

The role offers excellent hybrid flexibility, providing a strong work-life balance alongside the opportunity to work with an experienced and established Risk & Compliance team.

You will work closely with colleagues across the firm to provide advice and support on financial crime risk, helping to ensure the firm maintains robust compliance with applicable legislation, regulation and internal policies.

This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer with around one year or more of relevant financial crime experience within a law firm environment to develop their career within a highly regarded firm. The position will have a particular focus on sanctions, so previous hands-on sanctions experience is essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a prominent UK law firm and develop your financial crime expertise in a supportive and highly regarded environment.

About compliance & regulatory roles for ex-police

Compliance, AML and regulatory roles. Working to PACE, RIPA and CPIA is a stronger regulatory grounding than most civilian applicants can offer — firms increasingly recognise this.

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Why this fits a police background

  • Financial crime & fraud
  • Working to legislation & regulation

What compliance & regulatory roles pay ex-police

Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026

Compliance analyst£32,000–£42,000
Compliance / AML officer£40,000–£55,000
Compliance manager£55,000–£80,000
Senior manager / head of compliance£80,000–£120,000+
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