In-House Regulatory Lawyer- UK Bank, Edinburgh

Specialist role for a lawyer with a regulatory/compliance background to join an award-winning financial institution/bank based in their offices in Edinburgh. This role is a 12 month fixed term contract position. 

Role Profile:

• Provide commercially focussed regulatory legal advice to the business on product development, operational processes, regulatory legal issues and documentation;
• Identify regulatory legal risks and changes to the business and proactively work with them to minimise the impacts;
• Build relationships with business stakeholders and help to deliver training to the business as required;
• Maintain effective governance and act as a knowledge point/ provide training on regulatory matters.

Candidate Requirements:

• Qualified as a Solicitor in Scotland and/or England & Wales;
• Experience of identifying regulatory legal risk;
• Ideally, technical knowledge of banking law, insolvency law, consumer credit, payment services, unfair contract terms and consumer law. Additional experience of consumer contracts/ financial products would also be an advantage but not essential. 

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