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Job Description

Associate, Financial Services

Job Location

London

Practice Group/Department

Financial Services

Role

Associate

Job Title

Associate, Financial Services

Work Type

Full Time

Description

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for a mid-level associate to join our Financial Services team in London.

You will work closely with experienced partners and associates covering a broad range of financial services issues covering advisory and contentious regulatory matters.

The Team

The team helps clients to structure their business in the most efficient way, minimising regulatory burdens

and complying with relevant regulations, as well as advising on high profile and complex contentious regulatory matters

Advisory

The team assist in setting up new businesses and product lines and draft and negotiate client, brokerage, investment management and custody agreements as well as compliance documentation. The team also advises on perimeter issues, the rules governing the promotion and sale of financial products, and negotiates and documents the regulatory aspects of corporate transactions.

Contentious

Equally, there is scope to get involved in a range of contentious matters, including: regulatory enforcement proceedings for a range of regulators including PRA, FCA and Ofgem and other third party investigations and disciplinary matters such as those conducted by Exchanges under their own procedures, high profile internal investigations and lessons learned reviews with a multi-jurisdictional scope including in relation to skilled person reviews and a broad range of regulatory issues including in relation to market abuse, anti-money laundering, governance, conduct and the senior managers and certification regime.

Skills and Experience Required

Candidates for this position must have:

• Good knowledge of the Financial Services and Markets Act regime,
• A demonstrable understanding European financial services law and current developments,documentation in the market, including customer terms of business and senior managers regime. Knowledge of MiFID2, EMIR, PRIIPS, benchmark negotiation would be an advantage.
• Experience in financial services regulatory investigations and enforcement gained from a leading law firm including advising clients on all stages of the enforcement process such as making representations to the Regulatory Decisions Committee and referrals to the Upper Tribunal
• Significant involvement in conducting internal investigations including gathering and reviewing materials and considering issues such as legal professional privilege; conducting interviews and preparation of reports for senior management and the regulator
• Experience of advising on money laundering and issues arising from the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
• Detailed knowledge of the Financial Services and Markets Act regime and experience of the key regulatory bodies including the FCA and PRA and of working with transactional teams
• Regulatory asset management experience
• Enthusiasm, an excellent academic background and a commitment to develop and share technical skills.
• A strong and demonstrable capacity for client care and the ability and to work as part of an effective team.
• The ability to handle complex matters, to conduct detailed analysis and to give written and oral advice

Candidates should also:

• Develop and apply technical knowledge and professional skills
• Focus on efficiency
• Develop our business/clients (maintain client relationships and deliver excellent service)
• Work effectively with and through people

At Norton Rose Fulbright we welcome receiving direct candidate applications via our careers page.

If you would like to ask any specific questions beforehand, please contact Mark Ingham at mark.ingham@nortonrosefulbright.com (enquiries only please - we do not accept applications by email)

Diversity and Inclusion

At Norton Rose Fulbright we value difference and promote a culture of respect for each individual. We encourage workforce diversity in all aspects and at all levels and in doing so create an environment where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill.

If you are unable to apply for a position online or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on EMEArecruitment@nortonrosefulbright.com

The Norton Rose Fulbright office in London has been awarded the Disability Two Ticks Symbol by Jobcentre Plus. The symbol identifies those employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people.

We want to support your application as best we can. For that reason, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). This means that applicants with a disability need only meet the minimum qualifying criteria for a role to qualify for an interview under the scheme.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at Norton Rose Fulbright please click on the following link http://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/corporate-responsibility/diversity-and-inclusion/

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