Job Title: Associate / Senior Associate – Crime & Regulatory
Location: Manchester (Hybrid Working Available)
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
An award-winning legal business is looking for an accomplished Associate or Senior Associate to join its Crime & Regulatory team in Manchester.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and people-first legal practice that supports a wide variety of clients — including regulated professionals, SMEs and public sector organisations — often in insurance-backed or affinity-related disputes.
Key Responsibilities:
* Handle your own caseload involving:
* Professional discipline and regulatory investigations
* Healthcare regulation (GMC, NMC, GDC, HCPC etc.)
* Police disciplinary investigations
* Health, safety, environmental and licensing matters
* Ofsted and CQC registration/enforcement
* Business crime and public inquiries
* Deliver first-class legal advice, both contentious and non-contentious
* Supervise and support junior team members and delegate tasks appropriately
* Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and external insurer clients
* Demonstrate strong performance in billing, reporting and case management
* Provide sensitive support to clients in complex and often distressing situations
Skills & Experience Required:
* Qualified solicitor with post-qualification experience in crime and/or regulatory law
* Strong understanding of legal expenses or insurer-funded matters
* Excellent communication, client care, and organisational skills
* High attention to detail and ability to prioritise under pressure
* Experience of working with or for insurers is beneficial but not essential
* Comfortable supervising junior colleagues and working in a team-based environment
What’s on Offer:
* Competitive salary and benefits package
* Supportive and well-structured legal team
* Hybrid working options and flexibility
* Culture built around collaboration, trust, and doing the right thing
* The opportunity to do high-impact work in a specialist field
If you're a regulatory or criminal law expert looking for your next step — and value working with a business that puts people and purpose first — we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now or contact us for a confidential conversation.