Associate - Financial Regulation (Funds and

**THE ROLE**: We're looking for an associate (2-5 years pqe) to join our high performing and busy non contentious financial services regulatory team. Your role will be to support partners whose practices primarily include private equity and private funds and retail wealth and investments. There will also be the opportunity to work on a broad variety of financial regulatory matters including in relation to insurance distribution and wholesale banking and prudential regulation. This is a front-line role with lots of client contact. Anyone taking up this opportunity can expect to work closely with clients that are key to the team and to the firm. We work collaboratively and constructively, and we keep pace with our clients deals, ensuring we add genuine value when our clients need it most. This is a dynamic and growing area of our regulatory practice which requires strong commercial and analytical skills and an ability to work closely with our corporate and commercial colleagues. We are looking for someone with not only solid regulatory experience (appropriate to their level of experience), in matters ranging from pure advisory matters (including in relation to COBS, CASS, MiFID and AIFMD) but also an understanding of the one or more of the private equity/private funds and wealth management sectors. Experience in the drafting of customer terms and/or commercial contracts would be helpful but is not essential. Our clients include leading PE houses, investment platform infrastructure providers, aggregators, custodians, wealth managers, advisers and brokers and SIPP providers, and the investment divisions of banks and building societies, both traditional and innovative. A commitment to providing technically excellent and commercially sound advice is key. In this role, you will have the chance to develop your skills and learn from experienced practitioners with whom you will work closely. There are real prospects for growth and career progression for the right person. **THE TEAM**: Financial services is a common thread running through the majority of Addleshaw Goddard practice areas. Our FR team is independently recognised as first rate and having _"client focus and a pragmatic approach in complicated situations"_. We roll our sleeves up and get stuck in. No ivory towers here The wider FR team advises a wide range of businesses, including consumer finance, mortgages, retail banking, payments (including crypto), general and long-term (investment) insurance distribution, pensions, funds, capital adequacy and wholesale banking. We work closely with other teams across the firm including corporate and commercial, banking and finance, contentious regulatory and corporate crime, and financial litigation. **WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE**: - You will be involved in advising on the regulatory aspects of share and asset transactions, as well as commercial distribution arrangements and compliance matters. - You will quickly demonstrate that you can combine technical accuracy with pragmatism and an empathetic approach to our client teams. - You will become an integrated and supportive member of the wider team, helping others and learning from their knowledge as required. **YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE**: To be successful in this role: - You should have: - an understanding appropriate to your level of qualification of the regulatory framework within which the private equity/private funds and wealth management businesses operate; - an understanding (and preferably experience) of corporate transactional work and of commercial contracts, and be able to draft related regulatory provisions (for example, warranties and indemnities); - experience in the analysis and process on financial services firm change in control requirements. - Experience of SIPP structuring and long term (investment based) insurance products would be added value. - You will be able to deliver clear and concise advice, confident in its technical basis but user friendly to busy executives, with an appropriate level of oversight (you should expect your work to be re- Salary: - Competitive- - Location: - London- - Vacancy Type: - Qualified Lawyers- - Business Area: - Financial Regulation- - Contract Type: - Permanent- - Full time/Part time: - Full Time- Benefits - Wealth & Protection- Lifestyle- Health & Wellbeing- Need Help & Assistance? - Download UK Benefits - Vacancy Alerts - Create an alert subscription based on this vacancy - Create Alert Subscription - Share this page