Senior Transactional Lawyer

You will act as the primary day-to-day legal contact for institutional investors and asset manager clients, advising on compliance risk factors across live transactions. You will work with private equity deal teams to unpack complex deal structures, identify counterparties, and conduct risk analysis covering AML, bribery and corruption, financial crime, and reputational risk. You will review fund structures, SPVs, partnerships, and trusts to map corporate ownership and fund flows. You will liaise with deal teams, legal, compliance, and counterparties to gather materials and complete reviews on time, and collaborate with clients' legal and compliance teams to ensure transactions meet AML/CTF regulations and jurisdictional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary day-to-day legal contact for institutional investors and asset managers
• Advise on compliance risk factors across live transactions
• Analyze complex transaction structures and identify counterparties
• Conduct multi-dimensional risk analysis covering AML, bribery and corruption, financial crime, and reputational risk
• Review fund structures, SPVs, partnerships, and trusts to map corporate ownership and fund flows
• Liaise with deal teams, legal, compliance, and counterparties to gather required materials
• Ensure transactions meet AML/CTF regulations, internal policies, and jurisdictional requirements

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer licensed to practice in the UK or Europe (other comparable jurisdictions considered)
• 4-6+ years PQE in regulatory or investment compliance
• Experience representing asset managers, institutional investors, or other financial services clients
• Deep familiarity with complex asset management structures, fund structures, SPVs, offshore vehicles, and multi-jurisdictional counterparties
• Comfortable as the named contact for demanding institutional clients in a fast-paced financial services environment
• Right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship