Senior Principal Associate - Financial Services Regulatory

About the team:

Working within the Corporate Finance & Tax Group which comprises over 90 fee earning staff across the firm theFinancial Services & Funds team (FSF) has an emphasis on Listed and Private Funds Equity Capital Markets Financial Services & Regulation and Public M&A work. In London the team sits alongside the Public Companies and Capital Markets team and Private M&A / Private Equity teams with a fourth team based in Birmingham also undertaking Private M&A and Private Equity work.The FSF team is cohesive and team members are highly responsive and focused on obtaining the best outcome for clients whilst working in a supportive and collaborative environment..

About the role:

The role will include but not be limited to:

• Advising on a broad range of complex and evolving financial services regulatory issues (both contentious and noncontentious)
• Assisting clients in navigating challenging conversations with regulators
• Providing technical advice on wholesale issues (e.g. market abuse fund structuring and marketing capital raising crowdfunding and financial crime) retail issues (e.g. conduct risk the FCAs Consumer Duty consumer credit and payment services) and corporate transactional support (e.g. regulatory due diligence and change of control notifications).
• Working crossfunctionally on structuring launching and administering financial services products in the UK and EU.
• Guiding clients on regulatory approaches to innovative financial services and products including blockchain cryptoasset services and AI deployment.

About you:

• Qualified lawyer with financial services regulatory experience
• Proven ability to offer strategic insights into regulatory operations and priorities
• Commercial and clearthinking approach to problem solving providing advice in a straightforward and practical manner.
• A clear understanding of the importance of team work to deliver the best client service and the ability to provide evidence of this.
• Ability and desire to engage in business development and build long term relationships.
• Ability to work in time pressured circumstances and able to provide evidence of this.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexible and adaptable approach.
• Commercial awareness.Experience of getting involved or taking responsibility for marketing initiatives including delivering training and briefing notes

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 24 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working
• Generous annual leave with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave
• Free private medical insurance and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a threemonth sabbatical every five years
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way. If you would like to explore your own flexible working arrangements with us we are happy to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity and national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender reassignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

Any offers we make will be conditional subject to clearance by the SRA evidence of eligibility to work in the UK and DBS clearance

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Nana PantiAmoa

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