Our Financial Regulatory team is part of our Banking, Finance & Insolvency practice and has a unique opportunity for an ambitious lawyer to join the team.  This team sits in our London office but you could be based out of any of our offices on a hybrid basis.  See our locations here.

What will I be doing?

Our Financial Regulatory team advises clients across the financial institutions sector, so you'll be involved in a wide range of work. The team typically advises on the regulatory perimeter, authorisations, governance and conduct (including SMCR and Consumer Duty), conduct of business (including investment and insurance regulation, consumer lending and safeguarding), regulatory capital, compliance policies/procedures and customer documentation, distribution and commercial agreements including outsourcings and financial crime prevention laws and provides regulatory support to our corporate and commercial teams.

The team's client base includes high street, investment and digital banks, payment services providers and EMIs, fintechs, wealth management and investment firms, insurers, consumer and mortgage lenders and primary and secondary intermediaries.

What we are looking for?

We're looking for you to bring strong technical experience gained from working in a similar team.  You'll need a thorough grounding in financial regulation with a particular focus on payment services and e-money regulation as well as financial crime prevention policies and procedures for both regulated and unregulated businesses.  We're looking for a strong work ethic and a determination to succeed. You'll contribute to the growth and success of the business by helping to develop the reputation and brand of the firm and by taking a proactive role in building and maintaining client relationships. 

We would expect the candidate to meet following requirements:

• 5 – 8 years post qualification experience
• Thorough knowledge and experience of the regulatory perimeter and regulated activities
• A detailed knowledge of the FCA rules
• Proven experience gained from working within a financial regulatory team
• A focus on payments, financial crime, electronic money and FinTech.

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!

As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns.

Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about ED&I at WBD here. We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.

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