The Business Crime and Regulatory (BCR) team in London are seeking to expand with the recruitment of a solicitor or experienced accredited police station representative. The successful candidate will run their own mixed caseload, with a focus on police criminal and misconduct work, as well as supporting the two partners in the team on complex cases. The opportunity will suit a self-starter with a proven track-record of success, who is keen to work in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment.

The BCR team currently deal with the full spectrum of privately funded criminal and regulatory cases; this includes advising on and defending corporate criminal investigations, professional misconduct and disciplinary proceedings, as well as high value fraud, serious general crime and extradition.

In particular, the BCR team are expanding their already well-established professional misconduct practice into police misconduct investigations and proceedings, including inquests and other related proceedings.

Role responsibilities and duties:

• Provide an effective, timely and efficient service to the firm’s clients.
• Ensure excellent service standards and maintain high client satisfaction.
• Accurately and effectively time record your work and manage an agreed caseload of clients in a profitable and efficient manner.
• Endeavour to meet financial performance targets and report accurately on expected billing when required.
• Assist the Department Head and partners in the team as requested in the organisation of the BCR department and maintaining professional standards in the team.
• Exercise good financial and file management skills.
• Exercise good management and supervisory skills to include assisting trainees and paralegals with queries and delegating work to them where appropriate.
• Ensure requirements of Lexcel and other audits are maintained continuously.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of criminal and regulatory law.
• Have up to two years’ PQE in a leading criminal firm (in the case of a qualified solicitor) or equivalent experience in criminal law (if accredited police station representative).
• Have completed the police station accreditation qualification or be a solicitor with experience and confidence in their ability to advise clients in interview under caution with a variety of investigating agencies.
• Be willing to be on an out-of-hours rota for police station representation in London and the surrounds, and ideally have a full driving licence.
• Have experience working on cases in the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court.
• Experience in advising on professional misconduct and disciplinary proceedings, in particular police misconduct proceedings, is preferred.
• Have a keen interest in participating in, and contributing to, the team’s marketing and business development activities including writing articles for publications and blogs for the website as well as taking part in networking events and other business development opportunities.

This role will require the ability to:

• Communicate effectively and professionally at all times, both internally and externally.
• Time record effectively and to adapt quickly to new systems and working practices.
• Delegate and recognise where a matter needs to be referred to the supervisor.
• Determine appropriately the need for experts, agents and counsel to be instructed and identify the issues which they need to address.
• Work as part of a team and to provide appropriate guidance and support to junior and senior members of the team.
• Network effectively and contribute to marketing and business development activities.

The successful candidate will also have a proven track record of working on a mixed criminal caseload to a very high standard with partner supervision, full understanding of AML regulation as applicable to the legal sector, and the Solicitors’ Code of Conduct.

Working for JMW  

As well as a rewarding career, JMW offer staff many other opportunities and benefits, including:

• A minimum of 25 days' annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus office closure between Christmas and New Year
• A one hour early finish, one Friday a month
• Two days a year to do charitable work
• The opportunity to get involved in sports teams, hobby clubs, and social events
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Annual promotions process open to all staff

More information about our benefits and company culture can be found on the careers home page.