Lawyer in Sanctions Litigation

Lawyer in Sanctions Litigation
Region: Brussels
Required experience: 5 years
Environment: Law Firm
Ref: LexGO22/10
Contract: Self-employed (Full-time)

Company description

LegalUp Talents is your Tax & Legal Recruitment Partner in Belgium. Launched in 2022 by Eléonore van der Gracht, former Business Lawyer at the Brussels Bar, thanks to her broad experience as Recruiter at the largest international recruitment companies, and the wide network she has developed since many years now.

She is specialised in the recruitment of Tax & Legal Talents, from junior to top management positions, for Belgian or international law firms and companies, in highly diverse sectors, for permanent positions or interim management missions.


Our client

Our client is a specialist law firm based in Brussels and focusing on EU & international sanctions and related litigation as well as sanctions’ compliance.
Leading in its niche, the firm help its clients to protect their interests both within and beyond the EU. Its team has been involved in over 15+ sanctions delisting cases across several sanctions regimes. They successfully led delisting of several listed individuals.

At the forefront of sanctions litigation, they are pioneering challenges against newly introduced designation criteria and sanctions’ regimes.

Founded in 2023, the firm is ambitious and growing. Its international team includes seasoned litigators with years of experience in leading international law firms.

In 2024, the firm was recognized as ‘highly recommended’ by the Leaders’ League in the field of compliance in Belgium, attesting to the high quality of its team and services, with other legal rankings pending.

With a strong network of partner law firms across and beyond the EU - including in the US, UK, Switzerland, and Canada - they’re well-positioned for continued growth and success, and invite a fitting candidate to grow with them.

Responsibilities

  • Advice on the EU law
  • Assisting clients in their litigation in front of the EU courts / administrative procedures in
    the EU institutions
  • Ideally, legal advice on Belgian administrative law
  • Sanctions legal advice: including writing memoranda relating to sanctions compliance matters
  • Interaction with national competent authorities in the EU & with EU institutions
    (Commission, Council) on various sanctions related matters
  • Monitoring & reporting on international sanctions developments for clients
  • Conducting due diligence and background research

Must have

  • Master's degree in Law
  • 5 - 20+ years' experience as Lawyer in EU Law
  • Member of the Bar in Belgium (Main or E - List)  
  • Demonstrable experience in litigation in front of the EU courts
  • English Fluent
  • Good understanding of sanctions required
  • Understanding of the EU decision-making processes
  • Outstanding oral & written communication skills

Nice to have

  • Belgian Master in Law 
  • Experience in international or large law firm

What's great in the job?

  • Niche Law Firm with high expertise in EU Sanctions Law, founded by ex-major law firms' Partner
  • International team of Lawyers
  • Various interesting private & institutional international clients (international corporations operating in highly regulated sectors including banking & financial services, technology/e-commerce, consumer goods, energy, agro/food and aerospace & defense; variety of EU-focused industry associations & federations; third countries outside the EU)  
  • Autonomy, flexibility, and very good work-life balance
  • Very competitive remuneration package, in line with major international law firms
  • Growing perspectives, including the opportunity to become Partner

Interested?

Feel free to contact Eléonore van der Gracht confidentially & without any commitment!

Email: [email protected]

Mobile: +32 472 806 343

Apply now!

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