Financial Services Regulatory Knowledge Paralegal
- Employer
- A&O Shearman
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 21 Mar 2025
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- Vacancy Type
- Legal Support, Paralegal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Experience Level
- Officer / Analyst / Engineer / Executive / Coordinator, Admin
- Role Classification
- Other Professional
Job Details
Job description
We are recruiting for a Financial Services Regulatory Knowledge Paralegal in our London office.
Department purpose
Our Financial Services Regulatory (FSR) team is comprised of lawyers across our office network, covering all of the world's principal financial markets. We are able to offer our clients expertise in the key regions, from a full-service coverage of the key European jurisdictions, including London and Frankfurt, to our U.S. regulatory practice led from our New York and Washington D.C. offices. We also have well established offices in the Middle East and Asia Pacific region that have been involved in setting up many of the regulatory systems that exist in those regions today.
Our lawyers offer clients extensive regulatory experience and they lead thinking on regulatory developments, helping clients in lobbying on, planning for and implementing changes as they occur. Areas we advise on include bank structuring, securities and derivatives regulation, capital and liquidity requirements, ESG regulation, marketing and selling restrictions, clearing and settlement, payment services and payments systems, Fintech including cryptoassets, custody and prime brokerage and recovery and resolution planning. As an international team we are very experienced in providing international comparative advice on regulatory matters that helps our clients decide where best to conduct their business and gives them a competitive advantage.
Role purpose
An opportunity has arisen for a Paralegal to join the FSR team, which is part of our Finance department on a full time contract. The role will consist of providing support to the know-how function and Regulatory team on a variety of matters across the regulatory waterfront.
Role and responsibilities
- Summarising and tracking legislative developments from regulatory consultation papers to published legislation
- Participating in and assisting with the day-to-day management of a variety of matters and projects
- Legal research
- Extracting, transcribing and analysing information
- Assisting in the production and distribution of client bulletins
- Proofreading documents and client bulletins
- Answering client queries directly
- Know-how profiling, searches and filing
- Maintaining regulatory bibles
Key requirements
- LPC/SQE nice to have but not essential
- Previous finance paralegal experience nice to have but not essential
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at any one time and to prioritise between tasks
- Organised and methodical approach to work
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to work hard within a fast paced environment and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication, professionalism and interpersonal skills are essential
- Must be a team player with the initiative to lead projects and matters assigned to them
- Positive attitude and style with clients and fee earners
- Pro-active approach and ability to demonstrate initiative
Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.
We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing an onsite gym, wellbeing centre and GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, season ticket loans and online discounts and lifestyle management services.
We recognise the value of flexible working and embraces hybrid working, allowing our people to work from home up to 40% of their working time. We do however remain committed to working together in person for the remaining 60% of time so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.
Additional information - External
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Company
A&O Shearman is global industry-leading law firm with 48 offices in 29 countries. We are a partner and trusted advisor to some of the world’s most sophisticated companies, governments and financial institutions. With the combined strengths of our legacy firms, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, we offer unmatched global breadth and depth, a forward-thinking perspective on the future and a one-firm culture of excellence to achieve unparallelled outcomes for our clients and for each other.
We're at the start of an exciting journey, and this offers exceptional opportunities for our people. Whether you're helping clients solve their most complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel - whether you’re starting out, or taking the next step in your career.
We work to attract and retain the very best people – and we support them to build their future with us. As part of our high-performance culture, we have high expectations of one another in everything we do. We foster a working environment based on collaboration and mutual respect, where everyone is trusted to do their very best work in the way they see fit, to a standard we all share.
With us, you will constantly be learning and growing. We invest in you by offering exceptional professional and personal development – providing training, mentoring and practical support. And we nurture an environment and ways of working that promote positive wellbeing.
We have a powerful commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Your unique perspective, attributes and experiences are valued here and we invite you to bring your whole self to work.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best, we ask for the best of you, and we support you to achieve your potential. And together we excel.
- Website
- http://www.aoshearman.com/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 20 3088 0000
- Location
-
One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD
United Kingdom
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