Managing Associate - Financial Services Regulatory FSR 5 PQE

Profile

The Firm
Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs more than 1000 people with over 600 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. The firm has grown rapidly in the past decade, with more than 25% revenue growth in the past five years alone.
With presence in London, Singapore and Hong Kong (through its association with Karas LLP), the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work undertaken is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.
The Mishcon de Reya Group consists of consultancy businesses MDR Brand Management, MDR Cyber, MDR Discover, MDR Mayfair, MDR Lab and MDRxTech. In 2021 the Group announced a strategic combination with Taylor Vinters, a leading legal and consultancy business in the innovation economy.
Financial Services Regulatory
Our Financial Services Regulatory team sit within our Corporate Department and forms part of a firm wide, cross-departmental Regulatory Group. Our experience is broad, helping both regulated and unregulated entities and individuals understand and navigate the rules and obligations imposed on them under UK financial services legislation with the FCA and PRA.
We help to structure businesses and commercial deals; advise clients as to whether they are caught within the regulatory net and assist with any necessary authorisations and registrations; and provide practical and nuanced advice so that a client can meet ongoing compliance obligations imposed by the regulators and by other financial services law and regulation.
We act both for individuals and for firms seeking regulatory guidance and advice across multiple sectors.
Duties and Responsibilities
The role will involve providing advice across a broad range of regulatory matters such as:
• Whether FCA authorisation is required;
• Structuring advice, including in relation to advice on collective investment schemes and alternative investment funds;
• The ongoing regulatory obligations for FCA authorised firms, including regulated investment managers, advisers and introducers/arrangers;
• Application of the UK regulatory regime to crypto-businesses, including advising in relation to security tokens and the issue of NFTs;
• The marketing of financial products and fundraising;
• Appointed representative arrangements;
• Change of control applications in the context of M&A and re-structuring transactions;
• The Payment Services Regulations and Electronic Money Regulations;
• Scope and application of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017; and
• The interpretation of the FCA Rules and Guidance.
Skills/Experience
• The ideal candidate will be a Senior or Managing Associate with 5 years PQE gained at a recognised law firm or in-house, within the financial services regulatory space.
• Ability to run matters with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and interpersonal skills.
• Strong business development skills.
• Confident in managing client relationships.
• Excellent team working skills.
• Resilient and clam under pressure.
Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.
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