Associate – Investigations Part Time

Norton Rose Fulbright Llp

Practice Group / Department:

Commercial Litigation and Investigations – London

Job Description

We’re Norton Rose Fulbright – a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we’re looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. We value difference and actively promote a culture of respect for each individual, encouraging and creating inclusion. Our new hybrid working model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing.

The Team

Norton Rose Fulbright is renowned as one of the few firms with a truly global platform and has one of the largest and highest-rated disputes practices in the world. Our global dispute resolution team works on some of the most exciting, complex, high-value and sensitive multi-jurisdictional disputes and investigations within a genuine “one team” environment.

Our award-winning Corporate Disputes and Investigations team in London is core to our business and has been identified as a major growth and investment area for the firm. We are able to offer associates a broad range of complex and challenging work, including the following:

• High profile internal and external investigations (often with a multi-jurisdictional scope) including dealing with the SFO, FCA, PRA, NCA, OFSI and authorities in other jurisdictions together with our colleagues around the world.
• Working on advisory, due diligence and compliance programme rollout matters in relation to bribery and corruption, sanctions, money laundering human rights and modern slavery.
• Related civil disputes.

Due to the nature of our work, associates are able to work across multiple jurisdictions as part of a multi-national, multi-disciplinary team. We are solutions-focused and take pride in partnering with our clients to achieve their strategic aims.

The Role

You will be a key member of the Corporate Disputes and Investigations practice in London, working closely with experienced partners and associates, and with an opportunity to gain experience on the full range of work described above.

The team has a long track record of developing and promoting internally so the role offers limitless opportunities for the right candidate.

Skills and Experience Required

• You will have 3-6 PQE experience in corporate investigations and financial crime gained from a leading law firm.
• You will have experience of conducting internal investigations and dealing with government authorities (such as the SFO, NCA and FCA/PRA).
• Sanctions experience would be beneficial but not essential.
• Enthusiasm, an excellent academic background and a commitment to develop and share technical skills and client relationships are crucial.
• Strong and demonstrable client care skills and the ability to work as part of an effective team.

Our clients come first and whilst we have a high performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer range of competitive benefits including:

• 25 days holiday + Bank holiday – Buy up to 5 days
• GP Service
• Bupa Healthcare
• Pension
• Flexible working

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential.

Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.