About the Role
Seeking Trade Compliance & Sanctions Legal Talent to advise Axiom clients on trade compliance, export controls, sanctions, import controls, and related regulatory matters.
Responsibilities
- Provide practical, business-focused advice on trade compliance matters, including export controls, import controls, economic sanctions, licensing and wider regulatory requirements.
- Develop, implement and support trade compliance programmes, policies, procedures, training and monitoring processes.
- Review trade documentation, support product classification and screening processes, and assist with export licences, registrations, audits and regulatory approvals where required.
- Work closely with legal, compliance, risk, supply chain, procurement, logistics and business teams to identify risk, manage regulatory change and deliver pragmatic solutions.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK or an experienced trade compliance, sanctions or export-controls professional with relevant UK experience.
- Experience in one or more areas of trade compliance, including export controls, import controls, sanctions, customs, product classification, licensing, screening or compliance programmes.
- Experience gained in-house, in private practice, within a regulated business, consultancy, professional-services environment or other international trade-focused organisation.
- Strong commercial awareness, regulatory judgment, stakeholder-management, communication and analytical skills, with the ability to provide clear, practical and business-focused support.
Skills
- Trade compliance
- Export controls
- Sanctions
- Import controls
- Licensing
- Regulatory requirements
- Trade documentation review
- Product classification
- Screening processes
- Export licences
- Registrations
- Audits
- Regulatory approvals
- Risk identification
- Regulatory change management
- Commercial awareness
- Regulatory judgment
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Analytical skills
Location
- Remote
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Consultant
- Employee
Education Level
- Qualified lawyer eligible to practise in the UK
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits package
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Pension
- Professional development resources
- Learning and development programs
About the Company
- Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent.
- Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.
- Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement.
- Axiom’s legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.
- Axiom Global Limited is a company registered in England and Wales.
- Axiom respects your privacy.
Equal Opportunity
- Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.
- We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ+ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year.
