Regulatory Lawyer – Vice President

As a Regulatory Lawyer – Vice President within Corporate Legal team, you will support the firm across all lines of business and corporate activity in relation to all relevant legal and regulatory developments. You will bring your experience of the financial services regulatory regime, advising on a changing legal and regulatory landscape to support the central corporate legal team. You will be a solution-oriented Lawyer, able to process and synthesize large volumes of technical information for senior business stakeholders. You will be used to working in a regulated environment, ideally in financial services, and determined to deliver best-in-class legal advice and client service. 

Job responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze developments in legislation and regulation in the UK and EU across all aspects of banking and investment services - including (among others) financial services, market infrastructure, payments, consumer protection, digital assets, and artificial intelligence.
• Advise business, compliance and stakeholders on regulatory change and compliance with legal, industry and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with business and other corporate stakeholders on impact assessment of regulatory changes and support advocacy efforts where required.
• Advise on capital requirements and capital injections, as well as prudential reporting requirements.
• Develop and deliver training programs to educate line of business legal teams about regulatory changes and compliance obligations. 
• Working collaboratively with Legal and Compliance colleagues, other business and Corporate stakeholders in multiple jurisdictions – in particular EMEA and U.S.
• Engage and instruct outside counsel when appropriate
• Provide support on other special projects, including regulatory change implementation.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Qualified lawyer, with at least 5 years relevant post-qualification experience in a top law firm and/or in-house financial services Legal team.
• Broad knowledge of law and regulations governing the provision of banking and investment products and services.
• Quality product, technical, legal and other risk awareness skills and an ability to work across a broad set of products and services.
• Knowledge of the UK and / or European supervisory regimes for authorised credit institutions and investment firms.
• Ability to quickly familiarise and advise authoritatively on new regulatory developments as they emerge.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills 

• Relevant experience of providing banking regulatory legal advice
• Self-starter, hands-on mentality and team player
• Ability to work comfortably in a global organization