Advocates-White Collar Crime, Investigations & Enforcement

We are looking to hire a high performing Senior Associate (5-7 PQE) to strengthen its Mumbai based white collar and investigations team.

This is a frontline role for a lawyer who is equally comfortable with internal investigations, law enforcement engagement, and active litigation work, and who can operate with a high degree of independence on sensitive and time critical matters.

Profile Role

The incoming Senior Associate will work closely with partners and clients on some of the Firms most significant mandates, including:

• Internal and regulatory investigations involving fraud, corruption, AML issues, and corporate misconduct
• Crisis response and enforcement strategy, including dawn raids, whistleblower complaints, and parallel proceedings
• White collar litigation across trial courts, special courts, adjudicating authorities, tribunals High Courts, and the Supreme Court (collectively referred to as Forums)
• Direct interface with law enforcement and regulatory agencies, including ED, CBI, SFIO, EOW, and SEBI at stages of Inquiry, inspections, investigations, adjudication and trial. The role requires frequent movement between board level advisory, regulatory engagement, and courtroom advocacy, often within the same matter.

Key Responsibilities

• Handling and assisting in PMLA, economic offences, SEBI enforcement, FEMA, and allied proceedings and attendance before authorities for the same.
• Drafting strategically important pleadings (bail, quashing, writs, complaints, replies, discharge applications)
• Appearance before Forums for arguing matters and/or making representations on behalf of clients and briefing counsels as and when required.
• Managing summons, statements, search and seizure proceedings, and multi-agency investigations. Leading and executing complex internal investigations, including witness interviews and forensic review of financial and digital records
• Drafting board facing investigation reports, risk assessments, and regulatory exposure notes Ensuring timely, effective, and seamless support and coordination in time sensitive and crisis situations in close coordination with clients, internal teams, and external counsel.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Ideal Candidate Profile 4-7 years PQE in a top tier litigation or white collar crime practice Mandatory experience across both investigations and courtroom litigation Prior exposure to law enforcement and regulatory proceedings
• Strong working knowledge of PMLA, BNSS/CrPC, Companies Act, IPC, FEMA, and the SEBI regulatory framework Excellent drafting skills and ability to deliver partner ready work under tight timelines

Strong Preferences

• Experience in cross border or multi-jurisdictional investigations
• Meaningful trial side exposure (not purely advisory or research)
• Ability to independently handle high pressure, time sensitive mandates
• Marathi language capability preferred for effective local coordination.

Why This Role

• Exposure to Indias most complex and high profile white collar matters Direct working relationship with market-recognised practitioners Opportunities to operate across the full enforcement spectrum, from investigation to final adjudication Acquire direct experience in handling the most challenging domestic as well as transnational high-profile white-collar matters Opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and high profile, domestic and transnational white collar cases. Rare chance to build a career in a practice that combines strategic advisory depth with real courtroom intensity

Target Candidate Mindset

This search is suited for lawyers who prefer high responsibility, high impact work, are comfortable operating in fact intensive and legally challenging situations and want to position themselves at the top end of Indias white collar defence and investigations market.

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Work Location: In person