Interventions Lawyer

Financial Conduct Authority; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension (8–12%) and life assurance

Private healthcare

Job summary

Financial Conduct Authority is seeking an Interventions Lawyer within the Enforcement & Market Oversight division, Retail 4. The role involves leading intervention cases, drafting statutory notices and legal documents, and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.

You will work across London, Edinburgh or Leeds as part of a busy regulatory team. The position requires qualified solicitors or barristers with substantial post-qualification experience in financial services regulation, and strong

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with a valid practising certificate (or equivalent internationally recognised legal qualification).
• Significant post-qualification experience in contentious financial services regulation, regulatory investigations or proceedings, financial markets, serious fraud, complex financial crime investigations, or complex litigation and disputes.
• Proven experience managing a diverse and challenging caseload, effectively balancing personal responsibilities with the delegation and oversight of work undertaken by junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Progressing a portfolio of demanding intervention cases autonomously and to tight deadlines, identifying and managing key risks.
• Advising on evidential sufficiency, identifying key risks and making judgements and recommendations.
• Clear, accurate drafting of all forms of interventions documents (including statutory notices, legal advice notes and Tribunal documents).
• Presenting to senior stakeholders with credibility, including at internal committee meetings and in meetings with external legal advisors.
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues in other areas at all levels within the FCA, regulated firms and their representatives and with external bodies.
• Escalating to management key issues and trends arising on cases.
• Contributing to training, knowledge sharing and being a point of escalation on technical matters.

Skills

Public law

Judgement

Analytical thinking

Communication

Relationship management

Time management

Education

Solicitor/barrister with practising certificate

Job description

Job title: Interventions Lawyer

Division: Enforcement & Market Oversight

Department: Retail 4

Team: Interventions

• Salary: London ranging from £66,900 to £75,000 and National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £60,900 to £68,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• 3 available opportunities: All permanent
• This role is graded as: Senior Associate – Practising Legal

About The FCA And Team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

Enforcement & Market Integrity (EMI) is responsible for the FCA’s responsibilities for market monitoring, delivery of the functions of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and the investigation and prosecution of misconduct using the whole spectrum of criminal, civil and administrative sanctions and remedies against firms and individuals.

Sitting within EMI, the Retail and Regulatory Investigations (RRI) Directorate investigates firms and individuals across consumer markets to tackle misconduct, address financial crime, and ensure fair treatment that supports a safe and trusted financial services industry.

Within RRI, the Retail 4 Department brings together the Interventions, Threshold Conditions and Payment Services Regulator Enforcement teams to identify risks, take timely action, and ensure firms meet the regulatory standards required to operate responsibly within the financial sector.

Role Responsibilities

• Progressing a portfolio of demanding intervention cases, progressing matters autonomously and to tight deadlines, identifying and managing key risks, and ensuring cases are driven forward effectively without close day-to-day oversight.
• Advising on evidential sufficiency, identifying key risks and making judgements and recommendations
• Clear, accurate drafting of all forms of interventions documents (including statutory notices, legal advice notes and Tribunal documents)
• Presenting to senior stakeholders with credibility, including at internal committee meetings and in meetings with external legal advisors
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues in other areas at all levels within the FCA, regulated firms and their representatives and with external bodies
• Escalating to management key issues and trends arising on cases
• Contributing to training, knowledge sharing and being a point of escalation on technical matters

Minimum – Skills required

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with a valid practising certificate (or equivalent internationally recognised legal qualification)
• Significant post-qualification experience in contentious financial services regulation, regulatory investigations or proceedings, financial markets, serious fraud, complex financial crime investigations, or complex litigation and disputes
• Proven experience managing a diverse and challenging caseload, effectively balancing personal responsibilities with the delegation and oversight of work undertaken by junior colleagues

Essential

• Ability to apply public law principles, including reasonableness and proportionality, and exercise strong judgement in assessing evidence, managing legal and regulatory risk, and recommending proportionate intervention outcomes
• Analytical capability to assess complex evidence, identify evidential gaps, and determine appropriate courses of action
• Experience of delivering multiple competing workstreams within demanding timescales, with effective prioritisation and workload management
• Communication skills to present complex analysis and recommendations clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Judgement to make and defend decisions where appropriate, adapting advice in response to evolving or incomplete evidence
• Relationship management skills to build and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of managing a varied, dynamic and time-sensitive caseload while maintaining appropriate progress across a portfolio of matters

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part‑time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long‑term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timelines

Timeline

• Job advert closing: 8th November at 11:59pm
• CV Review/Shortlist: 10th November
• Interviews commencing: 19th, 20th, 23rd, and 24th November
• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.