Legal Director - SHE

Pertemps; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious international law firm seeks a Legal Director specializing in Safety, Health, and Environment. With 10+ years of PQE, you'll handle high-profile cases and build client relationships from day one. The firm offers competitive pay up to £90,000 and perks like private medical and flexible working conditions.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £90,000

Private medical

Income protection

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• 10+ years' PQE in regulatory law, ideally with experience in HSE and other investigations.
• Comfort with strategic compliance advice and client relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Guide clients through complex investigations and prosecutions.
• Manage a broad caseload of contentious and advisory work.
• Build client relationships from day one.

Skills

Strong track record in inquests

Excellent legal drafting

Business development

Regulatory law experience

Job description

Overview

Legal Director - Safety, Health & Environment (SHE)

Location: South West / London

PQE: 10+ years

Sector: Regulatory Defence (Health & Safety, Environment, Fire, Food, Product Safety, Inquests)

We\'re working on behalf of a top-tier international law firm with a standout regulatory team, looking to welcome a talented senior lawyer into their expanding Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) practice.

This is a rare opportunity to work on headline-making cases, guiding clients through complex, sensitive investigations and prosecutions—involving matters of corporate manslaughter, gross negligence, and regulatory breaches across health & safety, fire, environmental, food and product safety. The work is intellectually rigorous, high-profile and genuinely impactful.

What\'s on offer:

• A broad, meaty caseload spanning both contentious and advisory work
• Clients across major industries and their insurers, with work directly linked to inquests, public inquiries, and enforcement investigations
• Unusually close client contact and the chance to build your own relationships from day one
• A collaborative national team
• Flexibility to work from offices the South West / South / potentially other locations too
• Backing from a major international platform, offering global reach and resources

Your experience:

• 10+ years\' PQE in regulatory law, with experience handling HSE, Police, Environment Agency, CQC or Fire Authority investigations
• Strong track record in inquests, interviews under caution, PACE submissions, and strategic compliance advice
• Excellent legal drafting, analysis and case management skills
• Comfort with business development and building strong, lasting client relationships
• Ideally, experience advising on wider safety matters such as food, product, fire or environmental safety
• A clean driving licence and flexibility to travel at short notice for time-critical client matters

The perks:

• A competitive salary up to £90,000 per annum (depending on experience) package including private medical, income protection, gym discounts and more
• A forward-thinking, flexible culture
• In-person and virtual socials, generous professional development support
• Progression routes
• A genuinely inclusive, diverse environment that genuinely values people

If you\'re a seasoned regulatory lawyer looking for complex, fascinating work without compromising on work-life balance or personal progression, we\'d love to chat.

Apply now or reach out confidentially to learn more.