Assistant General Counsel

Overview

Assistant General Counsel - Dubai will support the Firm in meeting its obligations to prevent economic crime. The role covers all areas of economic crime, including anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, anti-fraud, and sanctions compliance. While the primary focus is on the MEA region, the AGC is also expected to support economic crime prevention efforts globally, reflecting the OGC's worldwide remit.

The AGC will also assist lawyers and the new business intake team with complex clearances-such as ethical, reputational, and AML matters-and contribute to the development, implementation, and training of Firm policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist our lawyers, in particular in the Middle East, in clearing clients and matters to the relevant AML standards, where appropriate, and conducting risk-based ongoing monitoring.
• Liaise with regulators on AML and sanctions issues, where required, and assist with all AML and sanctions related reporting and regulatory audits, in particular in the Middle East.
• Contribute to an annual review of the Firm's global risk assessment on AML and sanctions and our related policies, controls and procedures.
• Work closely with independent third-party auditors, our network of MLROs, our conflicts and new business analysts and our finance teams to assist with regulatory audits, act as an escalation point for difficult issues and methodically implement improvements to processes and procedures.
• Monitor general developments in economic crime that may impact the Firm and its lawyers.
• Working with OGC, this role also has responsibility for the articulation, development, and training of policies, controls and procedures.
• Support the relevant MLROs in filing suspicious activity reports primarily in the Middle East and maintain records in relation to such reports.
• Perform other duties necessary and essential to support the Firm's strategic goals.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong academic qualifications
• A qualified lawyer, preferably admitted in England & Wales, New York, or a jurisdiction within the MEA region, with at least 4 years' PQE at a major national or international firm
• At least 2 years' experience working in the risk department/OGC at a major international law firm focusing on economic crime, in particular AML.
• Experience of dealing directly with partners on sensitive and difficult issues.
• Experience of policymaking and training.

What We Offer

When you join us, you'll be working directly with partners, business leaders and many other inspiring colleagues across our global network of offices. We live by our values-to be pioneering, united and human-and we believe that you'll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and development opportunities that will help you achieve your potential.

Location & Reporting

• This role can be based in our Dubai or Abu Dhabi offices, reporting ultimately to the Deputy General Counsel, Head of Regulatory and Corporate Governance (Partner).
• Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week. This will go to 4 days in the office (Monday - Thursday) from March 2026.

Equal Opportunity

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm's policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.