Hybrid Senior Lawyer – Litigation and Contentious Regulatory

Posted 2 months ago

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About the role

  • Lead and supervise colleagues while managing a caseload of important and high-profile litigation and contentious regulatory matters
  • Advise senior stakeholders on industry-significant strategic decision making
  • Contribute to the wider leadership of the Litigation & Contentious Regulatory (LCR) team
  • Work closely with business and operations colleagues and provide proactive, pragmatic, commercially aware advice
  • Deliver litigation and contentious regulatory support for projects and cases
  • Support and mentor more junior colleagues with all aspects of their caseloads, including strategic case management, briefing, and influencing key senior stakeholders
  • Manage external panel law firms
  • Support business areas in identifying and resolving legal risks
  • Act as senior legal representative in business/divisional projects
  • Identify and develop protocols to improve the efficiency of litigation and contentious regulatory management

Requirements

  • Legally qualified in England & Wales, Scotland, or with an equivalent legal qualification
  • Current legal practising certificate
  • Significant post-qualification experience
  • Excellent understanding of dispute resolution
  • Previous experience as a litigator in a law firm and/or in-house, ideally in the banking and financial services sector
  • Leadership potential and a sound understanding of the legal, technical, and procedural factors affecting contentious matters
  • Ability to communicate ideas, risks, and strategies clearly and concisely – both orally and in written form
  • Ability to build trusting and collaborative relationships
  • Strong organisational skills and good attention to detail
  • Ability to be based at one of the offices in Edinburgh, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Halifax or Leeds

Benefits

  • Hybrid Working
  • Job Share
  • Flexible working options
  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives
  • Generous parental leave policies
  • Reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities
  • Guaranteed interviews under the Disability Confident Scheme for eligible applicants

Job title

Senior Lawyer – Litigation and Contentious Regulatory

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£111,809 - £131,540 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

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