Interventions Lawyer

• Join the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as an Interventions Lawyer, where you'll play a crucial role in regulating financial services firms in the UK.
• GBP 69,700 - 90,000

Responsibilities

• You'll manage a portfolio of complex interventions, advise on evidential sufficiency, produce clear intervention documentation, and present complex issues to senior stakeholders.
• You'll also build and maintain effective relationships with colleagues and external bodies, oversee and support the work of junior staff, and contribute to training and knowledge-sharing activities.
• Enjoy benefits such as 25 days of holiday, hybrid working, private healthcare, life assurance, a non-contributory pension, and income protection.
• Gérer un portefeuille d'interventions complexes, en exerçant un jugement éclairé et en travaillant avec un minimum de supervision quotidienne.
• Produire une documentation d'intervention claire et précise, y compris des avis juridiques et des documents de tribunal.
• Construire et maintenir des relations efficaces avec les collègues, les entreprises réglementées et les organismes externes.
• Significant post-qualification experience in contentious financial services regulation, regulatory investigations or proceedings, financial markets, serious fraud, complex financial crime investigations, or complex litigation and disputes
• Proven experience managing a diverse and challenging caseload, effectively balancing personal responsibilities with the delegation and oversight of work undertaken by junior colleagues
• Judgement to make and defend decisions where appropriate, adapting advice in response to evolving or incomplete evidence
• Experience of mentoring, supporting and delegating work to junior colleagues
• Analytical capability to assess complex evidence, identify evidential gaps, and determine appropriate courses of action

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with a valid practising certificate (or equivalent internationally recognised legal qualification)
• Communication skills to present complex analysis and recommendations clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Relationship management skills to build and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of delivering multiple competing workstreams within demanding timescales, with effective prioritisation and workload management
• Experience of managing a varied, dynamic and time-sensitive caseload while maintaining appropriate progress across a portfolio of matters