Junior Regulatory Compliance Specialist

You will be responsible for:

• Providing support to Regulatory Compliance lawyers in Warsaw Singapore and London. This includes putting forward ideas / drafts for improvements.

• Maintaining know-how resources.

• Conducting research on professional rules and regulations.

• Conducting document reviews in relation to investigations (or otherwise).

• Assessing Outside Interest non-partner applications based on the approved policy actively identifying and pursuing missing information.

• Acting to resolve issues by direct communication with the relevant stakeholders in the practice or business teams.

• Directly engaging with clients on due diligence audits discussing compliance requirements with the clients as part of due diligence audits resolving audit findings where appropriate.

• Coordinating the creation of Insider Lists directly communicating with internal teams the practice and the authorities - where required to understand their complex and case-by-case requirements and actively develop solutions aimed at full compliance and work efficiency. Delivering these solutions.

• Independently dealing with non-standard queries that are escalated to them based on guidance from lawyers.

• Dealing with inadvertent disclosure of data incidents ensuring they are managed in line with the firms policies supporting RegCom lawyers in complex cases.

This role involves a degree of judgment in balancing the firms legal obligations with its commercial imperatives.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Degree in law (or equivalent) or graduation from another relevant field. Final year students are also welcome to apply.

• Ideally some experience in a law firm consultancy or in-house compliance support role. Relevant internship or work experience is also valued.

• Fluent in English with strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and comfortable learning new systems.

• Able to organise and prioritise multiple projects often within tight deadlines.

• Clear communicator confident working with both junior and senior team members.

• Strong problem-solving skills able to deliver practical and creative solutions.

• Adaptable to working with people from diverse cultures.

• Team-oriented and proactive in building positive working relationships.

Location

Warsaw (hybrid model)

Benefits

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution youll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical care

• Free in-house fitness centre

• Life insurance

• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel

• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card

• Wide range of training opportunities

About Linklaters

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative efficient agile entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives but by fostering a positive supportive fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis and we will be happy to discuss this further.

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business

We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social environment and governance responsibility commitments

We celebrate diversity equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work

We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to

We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations

We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business

We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust respect and appreciation

We support the health and wellbeing of our people providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed

We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover coach and develop the talents of others