Interim Financial Crime/Sanctions Counsel (£700 - £1100 p.d)

Duration : 3 – 6 month contract

Global remit : Reporting into Head of Sanctions

Location: UK

Start: ASAP

MLA is supporting a major global digital assets / financial technology business on a critical interim hire for a Senior Financial Crime/Sanctions Counsel to lead on global sanctions matters.

The client is looking to hire an experienced Counsel to serve as the primary legal subject matter expert across all financial crime matters. In this role, you will cover a broad variety of matters spanning sanctions, AML/CFT, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, and market integrity — with a mandate to provide expert legal advice and to manage regulatory relationships.

Essentially, in this role you will take ownership of sanctions legal risk globally, working across a complex, multi-jurisdictional platform with sign...