Financial Services Regulatory lawyer 2-5pqe

Global Law firm

Broad and varied practice

Sydney

2-5 PQE

Our client is one of the worlds largest firms with over 300 lawyers in 40+ countries.

In Sydney they have a practice based on Corporate Resilience that delivers client solutions with the aim of building organisational resilience, particularly relevant in 2020.

They regularly advises clients on corporate governance and regulatory issues in the context of ASIC, APRA and ACCC investigations and in respect of claims made under directors and officers’ liability insurance policies.   They also advises on a range of international regulatory issues, including anti-bribery and corruption and trade sanctions, from both a compliance and enforcement perspective.

This is a broad and varied practice that will involve regulatory investigations and Advisory work along with providing general commercial and corporate governance work

Examples of work include:

  •  Regulatory: ASIC investigations – Advising an Australian Financial Services Licensee in respect of a significant ASIC investigation into their financial services business

  • Regulatory: ACCC investigation –Acting for a multinational company in respect of an ACCC investigation into various advertising campaigns and advising on improvement strategy

  • Regulatory: APRA prudential requirements – Advising various insurers and reinsurers with respect to APRA prudential requirements for reinsurance risk management and drafting reinsurance collateral and custodian documentation

  • Regulatory: financial services – Advising various international companies on the licensing requirements to deal with financial products and provide financial services advice in Australia

  • Regulatory: anti-bribery and corruption – Preparing advice for various boards on Australia's anti-bribery and corruption regime and current trends in this area

  • Corporate governance – Advising various companies on corporate governance issues including directors' duties, transfer and issue of shares, and related-party transactions

  • Corporate restructuring – As part of an international Clyde & Co team, advising on the Australian law aspects of the refinancing and restructuring of an international trading company

  • D&O – Acting for various insurers on claims made under a D&O policy in the context of an insolvency of a publicly listed company resulting in a shareholder class action and proceedings against directors and officers

  • Trade disputes – Advising an international trading company on recovery of debts and an application to be the substituted applicant in a winding up application against an Australian publicly listed company

The ideal candidate will have between 2-5 PQE and the following experience

Working on Regulator investigations and litigation ASIC, APRA, ACCC etc

Corporations Act Advisory experience

Experience in general commercial, corporate, regulatory, or governance experience. You will be able to demonstrate that you maintained strong performance throughout your career and are committed to further developing your career with us

Chris Meharg