Legal & Regulatory Risk Lawyer / Senior Legal & Regulatory Risk Lawyer

• Assist in managing the OGC team query in box (on a rota basis) and act as a first point of contact for internal legal and regulatory risk queries and as a point of escalation for junior lawyers and trainees, assisting them to finalise draft responses
• Address various areas of legal and regulatory risk, including issues concerning the regulation and governance of the firm, the SRA Standards & Regulations, and a broad variety of issues concerning the business, its lawyers and other business professionals
• Specific legal, regulatory and compliance areas of focus will include the following and will involve supervising and acting as an escalation point for more junior team members: responding to queries and working on projects relating to client engagement, limitation of liability, anti-bribery & corruption, share dealing, outside interests, referral fees, file transfer, escrow arrangements, confidentiality undertakings, NDAs, DAC6/UK MDR, and modern slavery
• consideration of whether something is reportable to the SRA or other authority
• responding to queries and working on projects relating to HR issues, including the on-boarding of lateral hire partners and/or teams, staff departures, supporting investigations where there might be a regulatory or other reporting obligation
• drafting or reviewing and updating risk and compliance policies, procedures and guidance and reviewing and updating risk assessments
• working as part of the wider Risk & Regulatory team on various projects to respond to key areas of legal/ regulatory risk to the firm or regulatory developments
• supporting the legal and regulatory aspects of strategic projects
• drafting and delivering compliance training to various groups, including new starters and trainees, mitigate key risks, educate and empower a risk aware and speak up culture
• supporting the firm’s supplier procurement process by assisting with legal contract review
• company secretarial work, including filings at Companies House and drafting resolutions for BCLP Group companies

• Solicitor or barrister admitted in England & Wales or a similar common law jurisdiction
• Experience of working in legal and regulatory compliance, ideally in an international law firm or for a legal regulator
• Experience of working as a fee earner in private practice
• Strongly service-oriented, with commercial acumen, and enthusiasm for the challenges of providing services and resources in a large, multi-office law firm setting
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to support the priorities and strategies of the firm
• Strong technical IT skills and experience in the design, implementation or management of any technology-based compliance systems and processes (including the use of Gen AI tools) would be an advantage

Strong technical IT skills and experience in the design, implementation or management of any technology-based compliance systems and processes (including the use of Gen AI tools) would be an advantage