Title:Regulatory Advisory & Defence Associate/Senior Associate (3+ PQE) |
Hours:9:30 am - 5:30 pm and as required, flexible applications considered |
Working week:Monday - Friday |
Department:Regulatory |
Purpose of job:We are looking for an outstanding lawyer, to join our legal services regulatory team. The successful candidate will become a key part of an internationally renowned and growing practice, in a role which offers the opportunity to run your own matters, with a litigation and regulatory investigations focus, but also to assist more widely in a growth area of work for the team: SRA advisory work. The legal services team is part of Kingsley Napley’s Regulatory team, but its focus is regulatory defence work. |
Kingsley Napley’s legal services regulatory team acts for regulated law firms and individuals working within them who seek advice in relation to regulation; risk and compliance; professional conduct matters; regulatory investigations; and disciplinary proceedings. This work includes representing barristers and judges, as well as advising chambers and legal services regulators on their regulatory schemes.
This role will involve:
- Client onboarding and scoping of new matters
- Considering papers received on instruction and identifying appropriate strategy
- Analysing the issues and evidence
- Drafting advice and formal submissions
- Attending meetings with clients and others
- Preparing witness statements
- Preparing legal documents
- Instructing expert witnesses and Counsel
- Getting matters ready for disciplinary hearings, including using relevant case management systems
- Liaising and negotiating with regulators
- Supervision of paralegals
- Assisting with pre-billing processes
- Assisting in the marketing and business development initiatives of the team
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