Financial Services Senior Associate

2 weeks ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Shoosmiths Full time
PQE: 4 years + Term: Permanent Team: Commercial Group Location: National The role

We are looking for a Senior Associate (4 yr PQE +) to join our dynamic, market leading Financial Services team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a specialist group working in retail financial services; one of the few teams ranked for Consumer Finance UK wide in Chambers and Partners. As leaders in Financial Services, we can offer you the combination of top quality work in a positive and supportive environment, partnering with our clients to achieve their commercial objectives and developing your expertise and relationships at the same time.

We are looking for someone to work with us in implementing our strategy to be a leading professional service provider of retail financial services advice. We work with household name clients on complex legal issues to find innovative solutions. We are looking for a creative individual and a self-starter who can work autonomously with the support of a team behind you. We’d like to see demonstrable experience of supervising juniors and managing clients. Given the nature of the work we expect the successful candidate to have excellent drafting skills and attention to detail and to have a genuine interest in the Financial Services sector. 

Financial Services is a broad area, but the ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and be proficient in drafting regulated consumer credit documents. In addition, we are looking for a candidate who has a strong understanding of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and the Financial Conduct Authority Handbook and is able to advise clients on the regulatory perimeter, authorisation applications, being an FCA authorised firm, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, Appointed Representatives, outsourcing arrangements and general compliance. Experience of payment services and e-money will also be an advantage.

In this role you will work as part of collaborative national team based across Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and London. We have some flexibility in where we recruit across these regional hubs so we’d be pleased to hear from you in you’re in any of these locations. Our current team includes Suzanne Taylor, Wayne Gibbard and Thomas Morrison who are well known industry experts.

We place a lot of belief in culture and community, and genuinely think we have something different to offer you at Shoosmiths. This is reflected in everything we say and do from our use of technology to enable effective cross-office working, to our team spirit and culture. We strive to create an inclusive and supportive work place where employees can be themselves at work. We are proud of our active employee networks, the establishment of our Shadow Board and initiatives such as reciprocal mentoring and inclusive leadership training to bring diverse perspectives and recommendations to the firm as a whole.

The team and wider firm

Our national Commercial Group is a 25 Partner-strong practice consisting of over 90 lawyers. In addition to our Financial Services team, the expertise spans IT and Technology, IP, Privacy & Data, Complex contracts and outsourcing and Energy & Infrastructure

We are a top 40 law firm with over 200 partners and around 1,500 staff in total. 

Shoosmiths is the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters. From offices across the UK and Brussels, we support some of the world’s most exciting and ambitious businesses; amazing clients making an impact. We empower our people to be their authentic selves and deliver together in supportive teams committed to excellence and innovation. The first top 50 law firm to achieve ‘Platinum Standard’ Investors in People, our values and culture are not just words on our website but are the heartbeat of the firm.

We have an outstanding benefits package to complement our competitive remuneration system. In addition to the competitive salaries, great working environment and high-quality work, we believe that all staff should be rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of the firm through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.

To discover more about our benefits, please visit: Benefits Package

We are a values-driven business – our values are at the core of the firm and we evaluate how we behave in accordance with these values through a competency framework. This role is considered to be at Level 3 in our internal framework, depending on experience.

If you have any queries about this prospect or life at Shoosmiths before deciding whether to apply, we are always happy to have a discussion with you in confidence so please get in touch with Rachel Charlton in our recruitment team (Rachel.charlton@shoosmiths.com).

Please note that we are sourcing this role directly at the moment and do not currently require support from any of our Agency partners. We will let you know if this changes.

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