Financial Services Regulatory PSL

THE FIRM

A global law firm.

THE ROLE

A Professional Support Lawyer is sought to join the Financial Services Regulatory team.

The team includes Partners who have previously gained several years' experience working in senior in-house legal roles within the regulator or within financial institutions.

The non-contentious FSR practice specialises in advisory, regulatory change and transactions/commercial projects work.

The team advises banks (traditional and challenger), investment firms (including broker-dealers and trading venues), asset managers, market infrastructure providers and other financial institutions on financial services law and regulation, including all major UK/EU regulatory regimes, including CRR/CRD, MiFID II, SMCR, MAR, EMIR, PSD2 and AIFMD. Areas of special expertise include strategic advice on emerging technology; sustainability; complex outsourcing; and governance and risk management.

The role involves:

1. Knowhow management
   Identifying, tracking, storing and updating the team on regulatory developments.
   Managing internal knowhow.
   Acting as a sounding board for associates to provide a steer on how to identify relevant sources of rules, guidance and knowhow.
2. Assisting in the preparation of various information bundles for lawyers
   Drafting technical legal updates.
   Coordinating with knowhow teams in other practice areas to contribute to cross-practice knowhow.
   Keeping precedents and knowhow notes up to date.
   Preparing new precedents and keeping precedents up to date.
   Helping to maintain a record of house views.
   Providing support with chargeable work including undertaking research for the fee-earners as needed.
3. Business development
   Assisting in the preparation of regular client briefings, alerts and blogs.
   Assisting the team with trade association work.
   Writing blogs on legal developments and reviewing and editing drafts from the team.
   Assisting the team with preparation for roundtables, conferences, client training and seminars, including identifying regulatory developments and helping to prepare content of slides and speaker notes.
   Coordinating with the business development team on BD initiatives.
   Attending client events.
   Assisting with pitches where technical input is required.
   Input into practice strategy thinking.
4. Training
   Assisting with the preparation and delivery of training to associates and trainees.
   Leading the knowhow section of internal FSR weekly meetings and participating in discussions on developments.
   Delivering external talks, recording webinars and podcasts.
   Supporting fee-earning.
   Undertaking or assisting fee earners with undertaking analysis and delivery of advice to clients.

ABOUT YOU

A lawyer with top academics, 6+ pqe years' experience in financial services regulatory work, with PSL experience preferable, although not essential.