Regulatory Disputes Associate - International Law Firm - London

The Firm

My client is an excellent, fast-growing international law firm – a ‘Super Boutique’ with offices in the centre of London. It has an exciting, disruptive business model which combines the best characteristics of both conventional (full service, smart-working offices and a real team collaborating and working alongside each other) and virtual (very high remuneration, use of clever and efficient technology and total flexibility) law firms; but without the downsides of either one.

At this crucial stage on its journey, the firm has an opportunity for a polished, highly-motivated, smart-thinking and driven associate to join its high profile commercial litigation team, to work alongside one of the firm’s senior commercial disputes lawyers.

This firm is very positively run. It values fresh thinking which challenges the norm and it works fast and deliberately in order to achieve targeted, strategic growth and high performance for its clients.

The Role

You will work in an experienced and very capable small team; dealing with a range of regulatory disputes. The senior lawyer has advised on a number of regulatory issues, including those concerning prospective criminal exposure. This work is across a wide range of regulators, such as the MHRA (including IAG), ICO and HMRC. He has acted for and advised in relation to disputes with the NHS, GPhC and other regulators.The senior members of this team work alongside the highly regarded lead partner who is also an outstanding business developer and who acts for a number of professionals, corporates, fast-growing and entrepreneurial business clients and HNW/UHNW clients and their business interests and investments. The workload comprises high value, complex commercial disputes and high value claims. As an associate in this supportive team you will have responsibility for running a range of commercial disputes. Initially you will work closely with the senior lawyer on work that is passed across to you as you build your own clients and cases. With time you will develop your own caseload and benefit from the firm’s enhanced remuneration model which will pay you well beyond what a conventional law firm would.

The firm and this team are expected to continue on their remarkable growth trajectory and your ideas and guiding hand will help to shape how the firm and the team do so continuously, profitably and efficiently.

You

You will be ready to grow further as a lawyer and as a member of the team and looking to capitalise on your background and track record as a regulatory disputes lawyer – and be someone who really enjoys and thrives in such an environment.

It is likely that you will have benefited already from good training, be planning, preparing and leading cases in your own right or as part of a team and already be networking well and building your reputation in your field of law. It is also likely that you will be the personality type who relishes challenge, is prepared to fight your client’s corner and yet is someone who creates a calm, assured and well-executed, detail-conscious outcome in a complex legal environment.

You will look to work closely as part of a tight-knit and transparent team, but be a self-starter; always looking to challenge the norm and take responsibility to improve things towards better outcomes for your clients.

You will also love working with, inspiring and motivating the people around you to get the most out of them and to enable them to get the most out of themselves. As an associate, you will have a direct effect on the culture and values of this firm, so it is imperative that you possess those positive qualities yourself.