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We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.
YOU CAN EXPECT
The Firm is looking to develop its Legal & Regulatory Risk team. The team provides risk management support to the Firm (including each of its international offices) to ensure that it, along with its partners and employees, adhere to the legal and regulatory frameworks within which they operate. The role will report to the Head of Legal & Regulatory Risk.
You will deal with a diverse range of risk and compliance related queries and initiatives from across the business, both on a day-to-day basis and in relation to risk management and firm wide projects as appropriate.
If you are a qualified solicitor with a minimum of 5 years’ post-qualification experience working in the internal risk or general counsel department of a global or City law firm, we encourage you to apply. You should have proven experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, as well as a strong working knowledge of relevant statutory and regulatory regimes, including the UK GDPR, SRA Standards and Regulations, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and laws relating to market abuse and insider trading.
If you would like a copy of the full job description, please reach out to Luke Van Rooyen ([email protected]).
Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm, and we're committed to creating 'positive partnerships' with our clients. We represent listed and private companies, institutions and individuals, building lasting relationships to help them succeed in a complex and ever-changing world.
Our focus is on five core sectors: Energy Transition, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Private Capital and Funds, Technology, and Transportation and Trade.
With more than 1,500 people, including 250+ partners, across eleven offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we combine deep legal capabilities and broad commercial expertise. We have also forged close ties with high quality law firms around the world, blending local knowledge with global savvy for clients in over 100 countries.
We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.
250 + PARTNERS
11 OFFICES45+ LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY OUR PEOPLE
Offices in Al Khobar, Athens, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Paris, Riyadh, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and associated office in Guangzhou
Our brand strengths:
GO FAR, GO TOGETHER
EXPERTS IN MORE THAN LAW
CAN DO PERSONALITIES
ALWAYS READY
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Stephenson Harwood is a law firm providing a wide range of legal services to clients globally.