Job Description
About your new role
The Regulatory Department is very diverse, offering a broad range of expert advice to organisations and individuals facing Health & Safety, criminal, environmental, CQC and other regulatory prosecutions. The department also advises individuals facing possible criminal and professional regulatory sanctions, as well as individuals and organisations requiring advice and representation at inquests. The department is rapidly expanding and we are a busy team
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The ro
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The transport regulatory team is headed up by Chris Powell and sits within the wider Regulatory Core team. This is a rapidly growing team with an enviable client base of major transport and logistics companies and corporate fleet operators. The role will primarily be to support Chris and the team in growing this practice area and managing a heavy caseload of transport regulatory matters. Our clients include some of the largest companies and fleet operators across the UK and Europe. This is an excellent opportunity to develop a specialism in a high-demand, high-consequence area of privately funded regulatory law. With our diverse offering, inevitably there will both the scope and need for our lawyers to be involved in work for clients outside of their core caselo
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Main duties and responsibili
* ties
Advising clients on transport regulatory matters including all areas across the operator licensing regime regulated by the Office of the Traffic Commiss
* ionerPreparing cases for hearings, including taking witness statements, drafting submissions, overseeing the preparation of bundles, conducting investigations and si
* milarRepresenting operators in PACE interviews with DVSA or other regul
* atorsResponding to DVSA investigations or desk-based assess
* mentsSupporting with training exercises for clients, including mock Public Inquiries and incident response training ses
* sionsUndertaking compliance reviews for cl
* ientsRepresenting operators at hearings before the Traffic Commissioners including Preliminary Hearings, Public Inquiries and Senior Team Leader Meetings, and undertaking own adv
* ocacyTransport regulatory corporate due diligence su
pport
G
* eneral
Undertaking business development activities, supporting the members of the team and public speaking
* events.Achieve set financial and chargeable
* targetsEnsure relevant deadlines, quality measures and KPIs are adh
* ered toComply with relevant policies and pro
* ceduresWork in accordance with Weightmans’
values
A
bout You
* Essential
Qualified solicitor 2 -
* 6-year PQEAdvocacy skills or willingness to dev
* elop theseExcellent organisational and time managem
* ent skillsExcellent collaborative and team work
* ing skillsExceptional written communication and draft
* ing skillsExperienced in handling complex caseloads unde
* r pressureComfortable travelling nationwide to visit clients and to attend court hearings, including tra
vel by ca
* r
Desirable
Advocac
* y experienceComfortable advising and presenting to companies at
* board-levelTransport Regulatory experience or willingness to be developed
* in this areaWider regulatory defence experience
* is desirableExcelle
* nt IT skillsAbility to work to deadlines
* and targetsAbility to work as part of a team and on ow
* n initiativeFlexi
* ble approachPassion for business development, including writing articles, presenting to industry bodies, and developing r
elationships