Associate – Regulatory Disputes – Bristol

Overview

In this role you help clients navigate complex regulatory regimes and investigations within a leading law firm, focusing on compliance, enforcement, and crisis response. You’ll work with cross-office teams on high-impact matters for major businesses, shaping strategy and evidence handling. The role combines advisory work, internal investigations, and regulator engagement, with opportunities to contribute to business development and client training. This is a chance to apply analytical and drafting strengths in a high-stakes regulatory environment and to progress in a collaborative, inclusive firm culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Top of the market salary and benefits package
• career progression opportunities
• flexible working options
• supportive and inclusive environment
• equal opportunities employer

Responsibilities

• Advise on a broad range of regulatory risk issues and frameworks
• Lead or participate in internal investigations and regulator-facing strategy
• Draft responses to information notices and develop compliance documentation
• Support enforcement actions, interviews under caution, prosecutions, and related hearings
• Contribute to multi-jurisdictional projects and cross-office teams
• Engage in business development activities and client training
• Assist with drafting policies, procedures, and risk assessments
• Coordinate with regulators and manage evidence review and disclosure processes

Key requirements

• Experience in regulatory compliance and investigations
• Strong analytical and drafting skills
• Confidence handling clients and complex issues under time pressure
• Experience with ABC, FTPF, Modern Slavery or Health & Safety is ideal but not mandatory

• analytical thinking
• strong written and verbal communication
• client-facing confidence
• advising on regulatory frameworks and risk
• internal investigations and regulator-facing strategy
• drafting responses to information notices

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