Risk lawyer

Job Description

We are working with a leading commercial law firm to hire a Risk Lawyer to join their team. In this role, you will join a growing, highly collaborative team of experts to deliver a comprehensive legal risk and regulatory compliance service across all practice groups and business operations.

The firm is looking for a qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales with a current practicing certificate and a strong track record in law firm risk management. We would like to hear from candidates who possess a deep familiarity with common law, UCTA, and the principles of professional negligence. You should have an awareness of the Solicitors Accounts Rules and a calm, commercially aware approach that allows you to deliver complex legal risk messages confidently.

The responsibilities will include:

• Providing expert legal and regulatory advice to fee earners, business support functions, and senior management on the SRA Standards and Regulations, ethical boundaries, and complex conflicts of interest.
• Advising on high-stakes financial crime and regulatory frameworks, including POCA, anti-money laundering, the Bribery Act, Market Abuse Regulations, and ECCTA.
• Managing data protection governance, including evaluating data breaches and coordinating responses to Data Subject Access Requests under GDPR.
• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating bespoke client retainers, outside counsel guidelines, panel terms, and supplier agreements, with a strong focus on limitations of liability.
• Advising legal teams on potential professional indemnity claims or circumstances, reporting matters to insurers, and managing responses to first-tier client and third-party complaints.
• Designing, updating, and implementing robust firm-wide compliance policies, risk procedures, and internal audit programmes.
• Developing and delivering comprehensive compliance training and inductions to partners, fee earners, and staff at all levels of seniority.
• Assisting with major annual compliance cycles, including the firm’s professional indemnity insurance renewal, SRA bulk practicing certificate renewal (RF1), and statutory registrations.
• Supporting the firm through external compliance assessments, including annual ISO audits (9001, 27001, 22301, 14001) and Cyber Essentials Plus recertifications.

Please submit your application today to register your interest.

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