Financial Services Principal Associate​/Legal Director

Position: Financial Services Principal Associate/ Legal Director

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The role

We are looking for a Principal Associate or Legal Director to join our dynamic, market leading Financial Services team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a specialist group working in retail financial services; one of the few teams ranked for Consumer Finance UK wide in Chambers and Partners.

Financial Services is a broad area, but this is a strategic role for a regulatory specialist who will be responsible for growing and shaping a regulatory practice focusing on asset management and investments.

You will be the go-to advisor on a wide range of regulatory issues affecting asset managers, investment firms, and retail investment products, including MiFID II, UCITS, AIFMD, ESG regulations, and FCA conduct rules. We are looking for a candidate who has a strong understanding of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and the Financial Conduct Authority Handbook and is able to advise clients on the regulatory perimeter, authorisation applications, being an FCA authorised firm, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, Appointed Representatives, outsourcing arrangements and general compliance Knowledge of other areas of financial services such as payments, e-money, insurance and capital markets is an advantage but not essential.

In Addition, We Are Looking For a Candidate With

• a proven ability to lead client relationships and manage complex projects independently.
• a collaborative approach to working with our Corporate and Funds teams on structuring and regulatory aspects of transactions, fund launches, and cross-border investment strategies.
• experience in supervising and mentoring junior lawyers and associates, providing clear direction and quality control.
• experience of engaging with regulators (e.g., FCA, PRA) and industry bodies on behalf of clients.
• a proven ability to Develop and deliver training to clients and internal teams on regulatory topics independently.
• ambition to build a practice and to contribute to business development, including client pitches, thought leadership, and expanding the firm’s regulatory offering.

We are looking for someone to work with us in implementing our strategy to be a leading professional service provider of retail financial services advice. We work with household name clients on complex legal issues to find innovative solutions. We are looking for a creative individual and a self-starter who can work autonomously with the support of a team behind you.

We’d like to see demonstrable experience of supervising juniors and managing clients. Given the nature of the work we expect the successful candidate to have excellent drafting skills and attention to detail and to have a genuine interest in the Financial Services sector.

In this role you will work as part of collaborative national team based across Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and London. We have some flexibility in where we recruit across these regional hubs so we’d be pleased to hear from you in you’re in any of these locations. Our current team includes Suzanne Taylor, Wayne Gibbard and Thomas Morrison who are well known industry experts.

We place a lot of belief in culture and community, and genuinely think we have something different to offer you s is reflected in everything we say and do from our use of technology to enable effective cross-office working, to our team spirit and culture. We strive to create an inclusive and supportive work place where employees can be themselves  are proud of our active employee networks, the establishment of our Shadow Board and initiatives such as reciprocal mentoring and inclusive leadership training to bring diverse perspectives and recommendations to the firm as a whole.

The team and wider firm

Our national Commercial Group is a 25 Partner-strong practice consisting of over 90 lawyers. In addition to our Financial Services team, the expertise spans IT and Technology, IP, Privacy & Data, Complex contracts and…