Regulatory Disputes Associate

Company: Osborne Clarke
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you join the Regulatory Disputes team to advise on health and safety, anti-bribery, modern slavery and related investigations for high-impact regulatory matters. You will support non-contentious and contentious work, managing regulator engagement, internal investigations, and due diligence across multiple jurisdictions. The role emphasizes practical, commercially grounded guidance under time pressure and collaboration across cross-office teams. You will contribute to risk assessments and strategy, shaping outcomes for clients in regulated sectors. This is a fast-paced, client-facing position with opportunities to develop specialized expertise within a supportive, high-performing

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • comprehensive benefits package

Responsibilities

  • Provide non-contentious advisory support on health and safety, building and fire safety, including policy and training guidance
  • Support investigations, regulator engagement, witness interviews, disclosure management, and related court proceedings
  • Lead or contribute to corporate due diligence and risk assessment work across regulatory areas
  • Advise on policies, procedures, and risk assessments for ABC, FTPF, and Modern Slavery matters
  • Coordinate with technical experts and in-house teams during investigations and due diligence
  • Prepare clients and witnesses for interviews and manage information requests and disclosure
  • Assist with enforcement proceedings, inquiries, inquests, and multi-jurisdictional compliance work
  • Support cross-disciplinary teams on healthcare regulation, product and consumer regulation, digital regulation, and environmental litigation

Key requirements

  • Demonstrable experience in regulatory compliance and investigations
  • Experience with regulatory investigations and enforcement, inquests/inquiries, and internal investigations
  • Advising on regulatory frameworks and preparing for regulatory interviews, inspections, or hearings
  • Comfort with multi-area focus (Health and Safety, ABC, FTPF, Modern Slavery) and flexibility for other regulatory areas
  • Strong analytical, drafting, and client-handling abilities
  • Solutions-led, proactive mindset and ability to work under time pressure
  • analytical thinking
  • excellent drafting
  • confident client handling
  • regulatory investigations and enforcement
  • inquests/inquiries
  • internal investigations

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Posted: October 11th, 2026