MAJOR US FIRM - TOP-LEVEL INT'L PRACTICE - ATTRACTIVE US PACKAGE
Salary from £200,000 - £290,000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
This top US and international law firm are well-established in London across numerous core practice areas and have an excellent new opportunity for an Associate to join their London FS Regulatory team. The firm's leading Europe-wide FSR practice delivers comprehensive and thorough domestic and cross-border advice to banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, financial market infrastructure providers, insurance companies, fintechs and buy-side institutions in various transactional and advisory areas. The team advise on all aspects of financial regulation covering all the major UK and EU financial services regulations. This includes such topics as MIFID II, AIFMD, PSD2, ESG, CSDR, market abuse, governance and remuneration and EMIR, as well as the various regulatory capital regimes. As part of this, they help clients identify and manage regulatory change, often on a cross-border basis. In addition, they help clients in a range of challenging and novel transactional contexts - including distressed scenarios and resolution, M&A in the regulated sectors, as well as transactions driven by regulatory considerations. They also advise on regulatory aspects in relation to the development, issuance and distribution of financial products in the wholesale markets, as well as on regulatory matters relative to Web3 and digital assets. Assisting clients with regulatory engagement is also a feature, both in the context of establishing new entities or business lines, and through regular or ad hoc supervisory processes. Their London FSR team are accordingly seeking a UK non-contentious financial regulatory lawyer who has a diverse skill set and broad experience of providing day to day regulatory advice (particularly in areas concerning regulatory transactions, payments, fintech and insurance). Excellent experience in managing client relationships and the interpersonal skills to fit into a collegiate and yet dynamic and high-performing team will also be needed. The role offers a superbly competitive salary and benefits package, as well as excellent future prospects within this busy and thriving team. Don't miss this superb FSR career opportunity - please apply now for more details!