Financial Regulation Lawyer

THE FIRM

A national law firm with a highly regarded Financial Regulation Team

The team handles consumer finance work, as well as a wider range of financial regulation work to include payments.

The team also has 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 ROLE

A specialist financial regulation lawyer is now sought to assist the financial markets partners in growing the work and profile of this part of the practice.

A good all round knowledge of the financial regulation of investments and financial instruments, brokers, funds, platforms and exchanges will be required, as well as strong technical skills.

As a Managing Associate you will advise a range of clients on complex and cutting edge issues and play an important role in encouraging, developing and supervising more junior members of the team.

As client development and relationship building is a frequent aspect of the role, you may have the opportunity to undertake in house client secondments.

ABOUT YOU

At least 5PQE, but significantly more experience would be of interest.

Most importantly, you should have a real and genuine interest in financial regulation and be keen to grow that knowledge, The ideal candidate will have strong retail / consumer finance experience

You should be adept at managing or mentoring others and in building strong client relationships.

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.

The firm offers a supportive environment which is ideal for a committed lawyer who is looking to advance their career and create a name for themselves.

Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience required. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill this kind of work.