Garrigues is a leading international law firm and the largest legal services provider in the Iberian Peninsula. Founded in 1941, the firm operates across 12 countries, providing comprehensive legal and tax advisory services to multinational corporations, financial institutions, and public entities. It is consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious law firms in Continental Europe, maintaining a significant presence in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Headquartered in Madrid, Garrigues maintains an extensive footprint across Spain with offices in nearly every major autonomous community. For international professionals, the firm offers a highly structured career path and the opportunity to work on complex cross-border transactions and high-stakes litigation. While Spanish is the primary language of practice, the firm's global reach and international client base make it a key destination for multilingual legal experts and professionals with international qualifications.

Founded in 1941 by brothers Joaquín and Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate, the firm has grown from a local Madrid practice into the leading law firm in Spain. Over the decades, it expanded internationally, becoming the first European firm to establish a significant presence in Latin America.

For international professionals

Largest law firm in Spain by revenue and headcount, offering high career prestige and stability.
Operates a vast network of offices across Spain, including major hubs like Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Bilbao.
Provides a dedicated training center, the Garrigues Centro de Estudios, for continuous professional and legal education.
Frequently handles cross-border matters, making it an ideal environment for lawyers with international backgrounds or dual qualifications.
Maintains a strong commitment to digital transformation in the legal sector through its Garrigues Digital initiative.

This job was published 3 months ago

Job Offer: Professional in AML/CFT Area

Garrigues

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

Garrigues is looking to incorporate into its Madrid office a Law graduate with a minimum of 15 years of experience in the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing for its Compliance department.
Their main functions would be:

- Support tasks for the OCI (preparation of reports and other documentation to be submitted to said body).
- Detection and analysis of clients with above-average risk, preparation of special examinations, Annual Report, updates to the internal risk report, management of annual external expert reviews, internal audits, alert management, and preparation of information requested in annual structured information requirements.
- Supervision of the Technical Unit for Information Processing and Analysis (UTTAI) team.

The data controller of the personal data provided in this selection process is J&A Garrigues, S.L.P., with registered office at Plaza de Colón, 2. 28046 Madrid (Spain). This entity will use the collected data for the sole purpose of managing your application. You can obtain additional information about the processing of your data and how to exercise your rights by consulting our Privacy Policy.

The data controller of the personal data provided in the context of this recruitment process is J&A Garrigues, S.L.P., located at Plaza de Colón, 2. 28046 Madrid (Spain). This entity will use the collected data solely for the purpose of managing your application. You can obtain additional information about the processing of your data and how to exercise your rights by referring to our Privacy Policy.

View original advert (Spanish)

Garrigues necesita incorporar a su oficina de Madrid una persona graduada en Derecho con experiencia mínima de 15 años en materia de prevención del blanqueo de capitales y la financiación del terrorismo para su departamento de Compliance.
Sus principales funciones serían:

- Gestiones de apoyo al OCI (preparación de reportes y demás documentación a someter a dicho organismo).
- Detección y análisis de clientes de riesgo superior al promedio, preparación de exámenes especiales, Memoria anual, actualizaciones del informe interno de riesgo, gestión de las revisiones anuales de experto externo, auditorías internas, gestión de alertas, preparación de la información solicitada en los requerimientos anuales de información estructurada.
- Supervisión del equipo de la Unidad Técnica de Tratamiento y Análisis de la Información (UTTAI).