Regulatory Lawyer (Contentious/Investigations)
Posted Today by Arbuthnot Yon
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Regulatory Lawyer involves providing legal counsel on contentious regulatory matters for a leading financial services organization in EMEA. This position is a 12-month maternity cover, requiring immediate availability and expertise in internal investigations, whistleblowing, and financial crime. The successful candidate will manage regulatory investigations and develop internal policies while fostering relationships with key stakeholders. A competitive daily rate and a flexible hybrid working policy are offered.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage/advise on contentious regulatory investigations, both internal and involving regulators and financial crime agencies across EMEA.
- Develop internal policies related to investigations and whistleblowing.
- Investigate potential breaches of policies.
- Deliver training, guidance, and prepare template documentation regarding investigations, whistleblowing, and financial crime.
Key Skills:
- Common-law qualified lawyer with a minimum of 7 years PQE.
- Experience in self-reporting and voluntary disclosures to regulators and financial crime agencies.
- Financial crime and risk advisory experience, including AML, bribery, and sanctions.
- Ability to form strong relationships with key stakeholder teams across all levels of the organization.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Legal
We are working with one of the largest financial services organisations across Asia, which has a strong and growing presence throughout Europe. The EMEA Regulatory Legal team is now looking for a lawyer, initially for a 12-month contract role, as a maternity cover for a senior lawyer who acts as the lead Regulatory Counsel for contentious matters across EMEA. Candidates MUST be available at short notice – immediately or under 4 weeks, ideally. This broad role encompasses internal investigations, whistleblowing, financial crime and litigation (if and when necessary). More specifically, the successful candidate will:
- Manage/advise on contentious regulatory investigations, be they internal or involving regulators and financial crime agencies across EMEA;
- Develop internal policies, pertaining to investigations and whistleblowing;
- Investigate potential breaches of policies;
- Deliver training, guidance and preparing template documentation relating to investigations, whistleblowing and financial crime.
We are looking for:
- A common-law qualified lawyer, ideally with a minimum of 7 yrs. PQE ;
- Experience in self-reporting and voluntary disclosures to regulators and financial crime agencies;
- Financial crime and risk advisory experience, encompassing some/all of: AML, bribery and sanctions.
This is a fairly rare opportunity for a lawyer who does not wish to be pigeon-holed and can form strong relationships with key stakeholder teams (e.g. compliance and audit) and across all levels of the organisation, both in the UK and internationally. The successful candidates will receive a competitive rate of daily pay and enjoy a generous and flexible hybrid working policy and a healthy work-life balance.
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