Financial Regulation Associate
- Recruiter
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Location
- South East England
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 26 Jul 2017
- Closes
- 23 Aug 2017
- Sectors
- Banking & Financial Services
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Addleshaw Goddard's Financial Regulation Team is one of largest in the UK with a mix of lawyers and compliance professionals split over Leeds and London. The Team has a very strong reputation for regulated lending and banking and is ranked in Chambers and Partners for Consumer Finance.
In addition to its consumer finance practice, the Team has a strong and growing wider financial regulation practice. The Team is a driving force behind the firm's Payments practice, which is also considered to be one of the leading Payments practices in the UK. We are also establishing ourselves with a strong financial markets regulatory practice, assisting clients to implement MIFID II, EMIR, Senior Persons Regime, as well as supporting transactional, banking and funds structuring work.
The team is unstuffy and down to earth, but also highly ambitious and hardworking. Its approach to service delivery is highly commercial and innovative with an uncompromising approach to quality.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a financial regulation lawyer to join our team. You will ideally have a good all round knowledge of the financial regulation of investments and financial instruments, brokers, funds, platforms and exchanges.
You will need to be strong technically as the role will be assisting the partners to deliver high quality work to clients, as well as helping to win new work alongside the partners. We would hope you would be keen to grow your own practice and reputation in the market on the back of the growth of the practice and the work they will be doing.
Knowledge, skills and experience required.
You will have developed a strong knowledge of financial regulation, including FSMA and the FCA Handbook. You will have a good understanding of regulatory developments in Europe in the field of financial regulation and be following MIFID II. You may have worked on implementing EMIR, and have knowledge and experience in the following areas: CRD IV, Bank recovery and resolution, Benchmark regulation, Banking structural reforms, and Market abuse / AML matters.
As an associate you will advise a range of clients on complex and cutting edge issues and will play an important role in encouraging, developing and supervising more junior members of the team.
As with all our lawyers, but particularly for more senior lawyers, client development and relationship building is a frequent aspect of the role. As part of this you may have the opportunity to undertake client secondments to assist our clients and to build your skills and expertise further.
We offer a supportive environment which is ideal for a committed lawyer who is looking to advance their career and create a name for themselves. Whatever your level, you'll be expected to play a full role in the Team, including involvement in business development and regular client contact.
You will be at least two years PQE, but significantly more experience than this would also be of interest.
Most importantly, you should have a real and genuine interest in this area and be keen to grow that knowledge.
You should be adept at in building strong client relationships.
In addition to its consumer finance practice, the Team has a strong and growing wider financial regulation practice. The Team is a driving force behind the firm's Payments practice, which is also considered to be one of the leading Payments practices in the UK. We are also establishing ourselves with a strong financial markets regulatory practice, assisting clients to implement MIFID II, EMIR, Senior Persons Regime, as well as supporting transactional, banking and funds structuring work.
The team is unstuffy and down to earth, but also highly ambitious and hardworking. Its approach to service delivery is highly commercial and innovative with an uncompromising approach to quality.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a financial regulation lawyer to join our team. You will ideally have a good all round knowledge of the financial regulation of investments and financial instruments, brokers, funds, platforms and exchanges.
You will need to be strong technically as the role will be assisting the partners to deliver high quality work to clients, as well as helping to win new work alongside the partners. We would hope you would be keen to grow your own practice and reputation in the market on the back of the growth of the practice and the work they will be doing.
Knowledge, skills and experience required.
You will have developed a strong knowledge of financial regulation, including FSMA and the FCA Handbook. You will have a good understanding of regulatory developments in Europe in the field of financial regulation and be following MIFID II. You may have worked on implementing EMIR, and have knowledge and experience in the following areas: CRD IV, Bank recovery and resolution, Benchmark regulation, Banking structural reforms, and Market abuse / AML matters.
As an associate you will advise a range of clients on complex and cutting edge issues and will play an important role in encouraging, developing and supervising more junior members of the team.
As with all our lawyers, but particularly for more senior lawyers, client development and relationship building is a frequent aspect of the role. As part of this you may have the opportunity to undertake client secondments to assist our clients and to build your skills and expertise further.
We offer a supportive environment which is ideal for a committed lawyer who is looking to advance their career and create a name for themselves. Whatever your level, you'll be expected to play a full role in the Team, including involvement in business development and regular client contact.
You will be at least two years PQE, but significantly more experience than this would also be of interest.
Most importantly, you should have a real and genuine interest in this area and be keen to grow that knowledge.
You should be adept at in building strong client relationships.