Legal Counsel with AML Expertise - Interim

Project overview

Department: Consulting and interim assignments

Are you a corporate lawyer with experience in AML and regulatory issues and thrive in a broad, business-oriented role? Then this could be an interesting interim assignment for you!

Sharp Recruitment & Consultants is now looking for, on behalf of a client, an Interim Legal Counsel / Corporate Lawyer with special expertise in AML and regulatory issues.

Our client is a company operating in digital commerce. The business is characterized by a high pace and a varied legal day-to-day life where you will have the opportunity to work with both regulatory issues and ongoing business law advice.

The assignment involves supporting the existing legal function and contributing to continuity during a transition period. You will work closely with the business and handle legal issues of various kinds, from more complex regulatory issues to ongoing contract and business law.

About the assignment

The focus of the role is on AML and regulatory issues, which are expected to constitute approximately 70% of the assignment. The remaining part involves broader legal support to the business.

Responsibilities

We are looking for you who

We are looking for you who have a law degree and experience working with AML and regulatory issues, preferably in combination with experience in broader business law advice.

You do not need to be a specialist in all legal areas, but we would like you to have practical experience in, for example, contract law, consumer law, or similar issues.

We believe you have:

As a person, you are self-motivated, solution-oriented, and unpretentious. You thrive in an environment where tasks vary and where you are expected to be able to switch between regulatory issues and more general legal advice.

Practical information

Assignment: Interim Legal Counsel / Corporate Lawyer

• Handling ongoing AML-related and regulatory legal issues.
• Legal advice and support to the business on compliance-related matters.
• Drafting, reviewing, and managing commercial agreements.
• Ongoing advice in general business law and contract law.
• Handling consumer law issues.
• Other legal issues that arise in daily operations.
• Good experience and knowledge in AML and regulatory issues.
• Experience in ongoing legal advice to a business.
• Practical experience in commercial contract law and/or consumer law.
• Ability to independently handle legal issues and make business assessments.
• Good ability to communicate legal issues clearly and pragmatically.

Project details

Stockholm, with presence at the office approximately three days per week

December 1, 2026

Scope: Part-time during December, then 100% from January 2027

Assignment length: Preliminary until April 2027, with the possibility of some extension for handover

Welcome with your application today! For questions and further information, contact Mikaela Virsholm [contact removed] [contact removed]

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• Start: flexible
• Location: SE
• Languages: Swedish