Senior Associate

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Our Corporate Regulatory practice works on significant financial services regulatory matters for a range of companies. Our clients include leading global insurers and reinsurers, global insurance brokers, superannuation funds and a range of multinational companies that distribute financial services products. We advise on, and execute, strategic transactions including traditional share/business sales, and insurance specific transactions such as portfolio transfer transactions and reinsurance transactions. We also provide corporate and commercial legal advice to clients across our key sectors of insurance, transport, energy, marine and natural resources and construction.

Our team includes highly regarded financial services regulatory partners who are consistently ranked at the top of the industry by the world's leading legal directories. You will also have the opportunity to work with our global offices across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

The successful candidate will be involved in the following work:

• Advising clients on complex financial services regulatory and compliance issues in both contentious and non-contentious contexts
• Advising clients on corporate governance arrangements and on various commercial agreements
• Drafting and negotiating key transaction documents and providing advice on areas of legal risk for clients
• Project managing transactions including working closely with our offices across the world to deliver an integrated service to our clients
• Managing and building external client relationships, including assisting with business development activities for key existing clients and new clients
• Mentoring junior associates in the team and assisting with providing training to junior associates both in the team and across the firm
• Working with our global offices on financial services regulatory matters and transactions, including regulatory approval processes

Key Skills & Experience

• The key requirement of this role is that you have solid financial services regulatory advice experience, gained from private practice and/or an in-house role.
• An understanding of the specific regulatory and compliance environment in which the general and life insurance industries operate would be preferable.
• We would also be interested in candidates with strong corporate advisory or commercial experience.
• You should have a genuine desire to build on and expand your skillset into dealing with regulatory and transactional matters that arise in highly regulated sectors.
• You will need to demonstrate relevant experience, strong academics, be self-driven, have excellent verbal and written communication and time management skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Legal
• Industries
• Law Practice

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