Legal & Risk

Managing risk is essential for protecting the firm’s reputation, and ensuring Linklaters succeeds in the face of ever-changing regulations and global trends. Our Legal & Risk department has global responsibility for managing risk and has offices in London, Germany, Hong Kong and New York. Our teams are:

1. Contentious Risk: managing claims and potential claims made against the firm globally;

2. Financial Crime: covering policy, advice and training on financial crime, including anti-money laundering, sanctions and reputational assessment of new business;

3. Business Acceptance: managing conflicts of interest and new client and matter acceptance;

4. Regulatory Compliance: managing the firm’s compliance with regulatory and professional obligations.