Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation

LGBT Jobs; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Cycle to work

Health and wellbeing benefits

Group Income Protection

Life assurance

Job summary

The British Business Bank is hiring a Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation in Sheffield with hybrid working. The role focuses on providing in-house legal support for contentious matters across the Bank, including litigation and regulatory challenges.

You will work closely with product teams, governance, risk and colleagues across Legal and Corporate Governance to give practical, commercially aware advice in a financial services context.

Qualifications

• Experience advising on contentious matters within litigation or regulatory teams.
• Ability to provide legally sound advice in financial services contexts.
• Proven capability to work with product teams, governance and risk functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to the Bank on contentious matters and disputes.
• Advise across the Bank on litigation, challenges and dispute management.
• Support governance processes and engage with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Litigation experience

Regulatory knowledge

PQE 5+ years

Education

PQE 5+ years

Job description

Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation

Counsel - Senior Manager Legal Litigation

Location: Sheffield, UK

Job Type: Fixed Term

Highlighted points for this job

Fixed Term Contract for up to 12 months

Salary from £60,000 depending on experience

Legal support for the British Business Bank on contentious matters

Legal advice in an in-house financial services context

Experience advising on contentious matters within a litigation or regulatory team required

Description

Location: Sheffield / Hybrid Working

(Expectation that you will attend an office 2 days per week)

Contract: Fixed Term Contract for up to 12 months

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week/flexible days and/or hours (Mon-Fri)

Salary: From £60,000 depending on experience

THE ROLE

This is an opportunity to provide legal support to the British Business Bank on contentious matters arising across its business activities. Working closely with product teams, information governance, risk and colleagues across the wider Legal and Corporate Governance team, you will help the Bank respond effectively to litigation, potential legal challenges and disputes.

The role involves advising on contentious matters across the Bank, including litigation, potential legal challenges and dispute management. It also includes supporting governance and escalation processes with internal colleagues and external stakeholders, including DBT, HM Treasury and UKGI, while providing practical, commercially aware legal advice in an in-house financial services context.

Legal input and advice may be provided to Product Teams, Senior Management, Risk and Compliance, Local Growth, Policy, Strategy and Economics, Finance and Procurement as required.

We are looking for legal experience broadly equivalent to at least five years’ PQE, although applications are welcome from candidates with fewer years’ PQE who can demonstrate the required skills, experience and competencies.
Experience advising on contentious matters within a litigation or regulatory team is important, ideally with financial services knowledge. FOIA experience, and experience providing legal support directly to business leads in-house or in private practice, would be an advantage.

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
• Cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan, Group Income Protection and life assurance
• Paid voluntary days, maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and dining, to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology...and plenty more

About British Business Bank

The British Business Bank is an established and influential institution with a key mission of driving sustainable growth and prosperity throughout the United Kingdom. It plays a vital role in supporting access to finance for smaller businesses, facilitating their development and contributing to the transition towards a net zero economy.

Since its inception in 2014, the British Business Bank has functioned as a government-owned economic development bank, operating independently to fulfil its objectives. It collaborates with over 200 delivery partners, including high street, digital, specialist, and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds, as well as fintech platforms, to implement its programs effectively.

With offices in Sheffield and London, the British Business Bank currently employs approximately 550 individuals.

As an organisation that values flexibility, wellbeing and collaboration, the British Business Bank introduced a hybrid-working model in 2020. Our colleagues typically spend an average of 2 days per week working in our offices, striking a balance between the advantages of remote work and the benefits of in-person collaboration. The successful candidate for this role should be able to commute to our office (unless specified).

At the British Business Bank, we aim to represent the communities we serve, firmly believing that different perspectives make us stronger. We strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences and backgrounds.

As a Disability Confident employer, we commit ourselves to having an inclusive, equitable and accessible recruitment process supporting applicants and employees, making reasonable adjustments whenever it is feasible.

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