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White-Collar Crime Recruiters
We map 5,000+ white-collar crime lawyers — former prosecutors, enforcement alumni and investigations counsel — and place them with precision.
Inside the White-Collar Crime market.
Our proprietary Titan AI maps the relevant field first; experienced consultants qualify it by hand. The figures describe the talent market we cover.
- 5,000+
- lawyers with white-collar crime experience
White-collar crime defence is one of the most technically demanding niches within the broader compliance and regulatory landscape. The lawyers who do this work — spanning government investigations, securities fraud, anti-bribery, sanctions enforcement and internal corporate investigations — carry a credentials profile that differs sharply from mainstream regulatory counsel: former prosecutors, DOJ and SEC alumni, and litigators who have sat across the table from regulators rather than simply advised around them.
We map 5,000+ lawyers with white-collar crime experience across major enforcement markets, tracking movement, seniority and specialism at a level of granularity that broad-market databases cannot replicate. Our work is confined entirely to search and market intelligence — we recruit this talent, we do not practise law.
When a firm is building an investigations practice, responding to a conflicts gap or replacing a lateral loss, precision matters. A candidate list that conflates regulatory generalists with genuine enforcement-experienced counsel wastes time and signals to the market that you do not know the difference. We do.
Live white-collar crime roles.
Part of our compliance & regulatory practice.
White-Collar Crime sits within Compliance & Regulatory. Explore the related specialisms we recruit across.
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Regulatory recruiters 2,000+ lawyersInternal Investigations
Internal Investigations recruiters 1,000+ lawyersFCPA & Anti-Corruption
FCPA & Anti-Corruption recruiters 500+ lawyersWhistleblower
Whistleblower recruiters 250+ lawyersDodd-Frank
Dodd-Frank recruiters 250+ lawyersEconomic Sanctions
Economic Sanctions recruitersThe searches we run in White-Collar Crime.
Law-firm and corporate mandates alike — from a confidential lateral partner move to a first general counsel — each run on the same evidence-led method.
Lateral Partner & Practice-Group Moves
Confidential lateral partners and practice-group lift-outs, assessed on portable business, conflicts and platform fit.
Explore this search 02In-House & General Counsel
GC, deputy GC and senior counsel for companies operating across multiple jurisdictions.
Explore this search 03Associate & Counsel Recruiting
Mid-level and senior associates and counsel, matched on practice depth and trajectory, not keywords.
Explore this search 04Compliance & Regulatory Leadership
Chief compliance officers and regulatory leaders for the most heavily supervised practices.
Explore this searchBoth sides of the search.
For law firms
Lateral partners, practice groups and associates — a shortlist drawn from the full field of a practice, not a rented database.
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General counsel, compliance and legal-operations leaders for businesses building or scaling a legal function.
Learn moreFor candidates
Considering a move? We approach senior lawyers privately and confidentially — nothing moves without your say-so.
Learn moreWhite-Collar Crime recruitment — common questions
How do you distinguish genuine white-collar crime specialists from broader regulatory lawyers?
The distinction is prosecutorial and investigative experience: lawyers who have handled grand jury subpoenas, parallel civil and criminal proceedings, or cross-border enforcement actions from either side of the table. Our mapping covers practice history, matter type and enforcement-body exposure — not just self-reported titles — so a shortlist reflects real specialism rather than adjacent practice area overlap.
How many live white-collar crime roles does Sartori & Partners have?
We have 568 live white-collar crime roles across our coverage, spanning 317 partner-level and 251 associate or counsel positions. Mandates in this area are typically confidential and off-market — these are only the roles we are actively able to share. Contact us to discuss what else is live.
What compensation do white-collar crime roles typically offer?
Based on current live mandates, white-collar crime role compensation in the US runs $61k–$455k. This reflects only the roles where the hiring organisation has authorised us to share a range publicly — many mandates are structured around the right candidate rather than a fixed band. Contact us for a candid benchmark for your specific profile.
White-Collar Crime
The right white-collar crime hire begins with a quiet conversation.
Tell us the mandate — we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it. No obligation, complete discretion.