Associate- Financial Services - Regulatory - Jersey
Date: 12 Apr 2025
Location: Jersey, JE, JE4 8PN
Company: Walkers Global
We are a leading international law and professional services firm providing legal, corporate and fiduciary services to global corporations, financial institutions, capital market participants and investment fund managers. With a global presence spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we advise on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey.
We treat everyone as the intelligent professional they are. Our approach is to trust and empower our people to deliver consistently, and enable them to succeed. Diversity is our secret weapon – it’s the sheer breadth of Walkers people that makes us who we are – gathered from across the globe and fluent in languages, jurisdictions and cultures that help us to mirror our clients and keep our own thinking in tune with the world in which we operate.
Overview of role
Walkers invites applications from suitably qualified lawyers for an FS Reg Associate position in our Jersey office.
We are seeking to fill the role of Associate, an individual who will match the below key skills and qualifications to join our dynamic and high achieving supportive culture.
Duties, Responsibilities & Person Specification
- Ability to undertake regulatory cross-jurisdictional analysis and provide a holistic solution, an essential skill where we have multi-national clients that are facing similar regulations in different jurisdictions.
- Ability to advise on a broad range of non-contentious regulatory matters for various industry sector clients, with excellent advisory drafting skills.
- Ability to advise on contentious regulatory matters is desirable (but not mandatory), including investigations and enforcement actions.
- Ideally will have the ability to assist and advise on financial crime prevention and on sanctions-related issues.
- Must have an understanding of the financial services industry overall, including at least two of banking, insurance, securities investment business, fintech and investment funds, with a good understanding of the global and onshore regulatory landscape.
- Providing technically sound advice and highly responsive service to clients.
Education, Skills & Experience
- Qualified in the UK or in another commonwealth jurisdiction, in the latter case with a minimum of 3 years of post-qualification experience.
- Experience working in a top-tier domestic or international or leading offshore law firm.
- Proven track record in working on complex legal transactions.
- Demonstrated ability to perform above and beyond expectations in a fast-paced and high-performance culture while delivering an accurate and timely work product.
Walkers global is an equal opportunity employer. Equality and diversity are key to our global identity and an integral part of our goal to continue being an employer of choice. We are committed to a work environment that supports all individuals irrespective of gender, ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. We make every effort to ensure that employment opportunities are open and accessible to all purely on the basis of personal ability.
