Financial Services Regulation Senior Associate/Associate Director

Job Title Financial Services Regulation Senior Associate/Associate Director Closing Date 07–Oct–2022 Department Financial Institutions Group Job Location London Role Lawyers Description "The team is well balanced and well led. Their technical and commercial expertise is complemented by a culture of approachability, openness and business friendly professionalism." – Chambers & Partners We have an exciting opportunity for a lawyer to join our market leading Financial Institutions Group at Senior Associate or Associate Director level, focussing on Financial Services Regulation. You will join an ambitious team and play a key role in shaping the future of the practice. The practice Our highly regarded Financial Institutions Group spans 4 core areas of expertise: Financial Regulation, Payments, Consumer and Small Business Finance and Investment Funds. This opportunity is for a lawyer focussing on Financial Regulation. The financial services sector is one of the most highly regulated of all industries and increasingly the one with the highest public profile. We advise financial institutions and corporate entities on all aspects of financial services regulation. Our clients include banks, securities and corporate finance firms, investment funds and fund managers, insurers and insurance intermediaries, crypto firms and trading platforms. The international nature of financial services means that we regularly advise on pan–European matters, using our expert teams in the major EU jurisdictions. We also advise companies from outside Europe that are establishing operations in the UK and the EU. To find out more about the practice, please see the links below: The team Our Financial Institutions Group is led by Nikki Worden (Partner) and operates from our London and Bristol offices. Michael Lewis (Partner) leads our Financial Services Regulation practice. The FIG group also comprises 7 further Partners, 1 Legal Director, 5 Associate Directors, 7 Senior Associates, 9 Associates, 2 Trainee Solicitors and 5 Paralegals. The work The following are examples of recent work undertaken by our Financial Services Regulation lawyers: Advised a global financial services group on obtaining licences for an online stock broking business in the UK and EU. Advised a UK bank on regulatory capital, consolidated supervision and netting. Advised a large national IFA on a joint venture and the development of a new investment platform. Advised firms on the design, marketing, distribution and trading of crypto assets. Advised EU firms on the UK temporary permissions regime following Brexit and helping them obtain FCA authorisation. Advised investment firms on compliance with the new investment firm prudential regime. Advised a wealth group on insourcing custody and making its services/products available on third party platforms. Advised energy companies on emissions trading under MiFID. Supported US law firms without a UK regulatory capability on UK financial services regulation in relation to corporate transactions and ad hoc regulatory queries. Osborne Clarke's Financial Services Regulation lawyers work closely with our Corporate, Commercial, Banking and Employment teams as well as with the rest of the Financial Institutions Group. Technical skills and experience We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate depth of knowledge and experience of complex and technical Financial Services Regulation work. For example we would expect candidates to be able to provide advice (subject to appropriate supervision and support where required) in most of the following areas: perimeter issues, FCA authorisations, conduct of business regulation, regulatory capital, client assets, corporate governance, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) and the regulation of crypto assets. You will be able to show evidence of experience of drafting and reviewing terms of business and client agreements. You will also have proven experience of taking ownership of projects in addition to supervision of more junior lawyers. Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking for a lawyer at Senior Associate or Associate Director level, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience. Your career development Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi–award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with: clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress; high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure; thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues; robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure. Salary and benefits We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits . For more information or to apply At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications – if you would like any further information about the opportunity we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Rachael Hardwick in the Recruitment team on . At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks – not to mention our great teams – are a part of making that a reality. We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people. Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer. Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we're committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future. 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