Partner – Financial Services – Dublin

Abacus Careers; Belfast City; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

Abacus Careers seeks a Partner for a Financial Services practice in Dublin. This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a high-impact practice with backing to shape strategy and client relationships.

The ideal candidate is a partner or senior lawyer with a strong Irish and EU financial services background, eligible to practice in Ireland, and ready to recruit and mentor a team. All approaches are treated in strict confidence.

Qualifications

• You’re already a partner, or a senior lawyer ready for the step, with a strong Irish and EU financial services practice.
• You’re qualified in Ireland, or able to requalify.
• You have a market profile and the appetite to win work and build a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build the financial services practice with real ownership over strategy, clients and team growth.
• Manage and develop a high-impact advisory or contentious practice across banks, insurers, payments firms and other regulated businesses.

Job description

Partner – Financial Services – Dublin

Build the financial services practice you’ve always wanted, with a firm that will back you to do it.

Irish financial services regulation has rarely been busier. DORA, MiCA, CRD VI and the payments reforms all mean clients want senior, trusted advice, and they want it now.

A respected Dublin law firm is looking for a partner to lead that conversation. This isn’t a seat to fill. It’s a practice to build, at a firm where one senior hire genuinely moves the dial.

What you get

• A platform: the resources and cross-practice support of an established firm
• Ownership: a real say in strategy, clients and who joins your team
• Develop: support and mentoryour future leaders
• Breadth shaped around you: advisory or contentious, with banks, insurers, payments firms, investment firms or other regulated businesses.

What you bring

• You’re already a partner, or a senior lawyer ready for the step, with a strong Irish and EU financial services practice
• You’re qualified in Ireland, or able to requalify
• You have a market profile and the appetite to win work and build a team.

Private practice, in-house or regulatory backgrounds are all welcome. Irish lawyers in London who are thinking about coming home, this could be the moment.All approaches are handled in strict confidence. Contact Abacus directly for a discreet conversation.

Any reference to PQE and salary levels is indicative and subject to review.