Financial Services (Regulatory) Associate Director

Role profile"The team stands out for its deep understanding
and its practical and commercially minded approach. The lawyers are technically
excellent, highly responsive and solutions focused."
- Chambers & Partners We
have an exciting opportunity for a lawyer to join our market leading Financial
Institutions Group at 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 working in our Financial Regulation sub-team, focussing
predominantly on investments and funds regulation.

Our Financial Regulation sub-team is a genuinely
standalone regulatory practice doing top-tier work with a range of stellar,
household name clients, from established financial institutions to new Fintech
innovators.  Rather than being just a
transactional support function, you will be working closely with clients on
strategic, high‑value work including regulatory processes, new
product launches, regulatory assurance and reviews, implementing regulatory
change and providing tactical regulatory support on transactions and
restructurings.

Our
clients include investment platforms,
custodians, investment advisers and wealth managers, investment funds
and fund managers, insurers and insurance intermediaries, banks and crypto
firms. 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 teamOur
Financial Institutions Group is led by Helen Parsonage (Partner) and operates
from our London and Bristol offices. The role will sit in our financial
services regulatory team led by Chris Ratcliffe and Noline Matemera.
The
FIG group also comprises 9 further Partners, 2 Legal Director, 6 Associate
Directors, 5 Senior Associates, 12 Associates, 4 Trainee Solicitors and 7
Paralegals.  The workThe
following are examples of recent work undertaken by our Financial Services
Regulation lawyers:

Advised a global financial
services group on obtaining licences for new investment platform business
in UK.Advised asset management firm
on large scale internal project to properly classify various structures as
CIS, AIFs or both.

Advised IFA network and wealth
management group on partnership to launch new network.

Advised wealth management group
on acquisition and integration of UCITS management business.

Advised digital wealth
management business on a retail product restructuring and in sourcing

Advised bank on Management
Incentive Plan consistent with Rem Code requirements and capital
eligibility under the CRR.Advised
fintech on launch of syndication platform for private capital investments.

Osborne
Clarke's Financial Services Regulation lawyers work closely with our Corporate,
Commercial, Banking and Employment teams
and the wider 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: regulated perimeter issues, FCA and PRA regulatory processes such as
authorisations, variations or permissions and notifications, the Consumer Duty,
COBS, SUP MIFIDPRU, CASS, MiFID II, UK AIFMD and SMCR.  A strong background in advising alternative
fund managers on UK AIFMD and fund marketing
will give candidates an  advantage
but is not essential. .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 Associate Director level or a high-performing senior associate
looking to a role with genuine growth potential..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; andreward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather
than PQE or tenure.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

Our recruitment process
We welcome…