Legal Senior Compliance Associate (2-month Contract)

Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 + share options

Location: London/Hybrid - 2-3 days per week onsite

About Lawhive

Our mission is to make the law accessible to everyone. The legal industry is built on technology and process that hasn’t been updated in hundreds of years - that's why we've reinvented the entire model from the ground-up with our own bespoke AI operating system at the core. Lawhive is a regulated law firm with an AI-native platform built to amplify expertise and revolutionise the way people practice law, leading to exceptional outcomes for clients and lawyers. Lawhive Labs is how we bring this vision to life. It's our frontier lab that combines top engineering, design, AI and legal talent from around the world, joining forces to build the future of law. We’re backed by top-tier investors including Google Ventures, Balderton Capital and TQ Ventures and in December 2024 we secured $40M Series A funding round to facilitate international expansion and to grow our team, representing one of the five largest Series A rounds in Europe for 2024. We’re headquartered in London and in 2025 successfully launched in the US…and we’re just getting started.

Risk & Compliance at Lawhive

We are both one of Europe’s fastest-growth tech start-ups and an ABS with multiple regulated law firms within our network that provide legal services to customers to help improve access to justice. As a result we have to support our extensive (and ever-growing) network of consultant lawyers spread all over the UK with their compliance needs and ensure that Lawhive’s clients receive the highest quality of legal advice. In order to do this we need a market-leading and future-proof risk and compliance function capable of managing multiple competing priorities daily, providing robust strategic advice to the business and ensuring that all our regulatory requirements are met through our novel and tech-native approach to providing legal services. We have a small, high-performing team currently at Lawhive and are looking to scale our team and their output to further enable and fast-track our growth.

The Role

Our Compliance Associates are responsible for ensuring that our business runs seamlessly day-to-day and can continue to grow rapidly by ensuring that we remain fully-compliant with all of our regulatory obligations in any jurisdictions we operate within. Our Compliance Team also supports the wider network of clients, lawyers and operations staff with assistance across all areas of our services from onboarding to client advice and the conclusion of cases and billing.

In this role you’ll be responsible for:

• Reviewing tickets for compliance support raised by lawyers and operations staff
• Understanding and applying our defined processes to deliver on key requests
• Working with colleagues across our operations teams to support on the day-to-day functioning of the business
• Providing compliance and risk advice on matters including, but not limited to: Conflicts of interest, Confidentiality points, Cyber risk, AML-related checks, Onboarding and KYC work, Sanctions
• Identifying any significant trends in compliance risks and flagging them to the business

What You’ll Bring

You’ll be a great fit for this role if…

• You have at least 2 years’ experience working in a Compliance Team at an existing law firm in the UK (essential)
• You are adaptable, energetic and solutions-orientated in your approach to work
• You have been trained as a lawyer or have completed some period of recognised legal training
• You are analytical
• You have high standards of professional excellence
• You are a team player and strong communicator within team environments

Interview process

• Introductory call with our Talent team
• 1:1 with your hiring manager
• Technical interview / practical skills assessment
• Values interview with one of our Founders

We offer!

• Benefits
• Meaningful early-stage equity at one of Europe’s fastest growing startups
• 33 days’ annual leave (25 + bank holidays) plus your birthday off
• Pension contribution via Nest
• 20% off legal fees through Lawhive
• Top-spec equipment
• Regular team building activities and socials!

Diversity at Lawhive

At Lawhive we know that diversity of thought is critical to delivering outlier outcomes. As such, we’re always working hard to ensure we build a diverse, inclusive team. We’re not yet where we want to be but as we scale we’ll only ever increase the focus we apply to this.

Compensation Range: £55K - £70K