Market Access and Conduct Lawyer

Markets and Prudential Lawyer

Division - Legal Division

Department - Markets and Prudential

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,600 to £108,000 and London £79,800 to £120,000 per annum

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA. 

The Market Access and Conduct team is part of the Markets and Prudential Department.

The team is responsible for providing legal advice in the following areas:

• The prospectus, listing and disclosure rules

• General issues related to market conduct, including market abuse, settlement and short selling

• Implementing the future regulatory framework in relation to markets dossiers, including the Prospectus Regulation, EMIR and Short Selling

• Markets aspects of cryptocurrency

What will you be doing?

• Managing a team of lawyers to deliver high quality and timely advice

• Providing practical and impactful legal advice to the FCA in a fast paced and dynamic environment

• Advising on a mixture of policy and live markets issues

• Overseeing FCA rulebook drafting in areas of work covered by the team

• Interacting with colleagues across the FCA and with government departments and bodies and other organisations engaged in financial services such as the Bank of England and HM Treasury on high-profile and exciting projects

What will you get from the role?

• Acquire broad experience of financial services work in the team, of how a regulator works and of how law and regulation is made

• Work at the forefront of financial regulation, taking responsibility for a range of matters including those that involve difficult, complex, and often high-profile legal issues

• Work with a team of highly motivated and knowledgeable lawyers

• Work in a diverse, inclusive, and supportive environment

Which skills are required?

• Applicants must be a qualified Lawyer (solicitor, barrister, or Chartered Legal Executive), we would normally expect applicants to have at least 6 years’ relevant PQE (in house, public sector, or private practice) or equivalent experience

• Applicants must have significant relevant experience of advising on markets issues or public law matters

Essential

• All applicants must be able to demonstrate an ability, or evidence their potential, to perform the skills and behaviours described below in a way that is in accordance with FCA values

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to deliver good and clear analysis of issues

• Ability to pick up and work independently on novel and complex legal issues quickly and with enthusiasm

• Ability to create solutions and deliver pragmatic outcome-focused judgments

• Ability to advise in a confident and reasoned manner both in writing and orally, and to challenge appropriately

• Ability to work effectively in a team, and to build and sustain positive relationships across the Legal Division and wider FCA, and with any relevant external stakeholders

• We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience of advising on markets issues

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