"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:
https://www.osborneclarke.com/sectors/financial-services
https://www.osborneclarke.com/it/services/regulatory-and-compliance/financial-regulation-2
The team
Our 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 work
The 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 insourcing
- 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; and
- reward 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 direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on [email protected]
Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.
