Senior/Principal Associate - Commercial Regulatory (0384)

Mills & Reeve; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

Mills & Reeve are recruiting a Regulatory Solicitor to join our leading national commercial team. The role focuses on advising clients on regulatory issues across food, consumer protection, digital, e‑commerce and advertising law, with scope to specialise in digital regulation, labelling and product compliance.

The position is ideal for someone with 4+ years PQE who is commercially minded, eager to grow their own practice and willing to work across sectors in a supportive, busy team.

Qualifications

• 4+ years post-qualification experience in regulatory law.
• Excellent English, strong regulatory skills in food, consumer protection, digital, e-commerce and advertising law.
• Commercially-minded with appetite to grow a practice.

Responsibilities

• Advise on regulatory issues across food, consumer protection, digital and advertising law.
• Support multi-jurisdictional projects with international colleagues.
• Develop and grow own client relationships within the sector.

Skills

Regulatory law knowledge

Client relationship building

Teamwork & collaboration

Research skills

Supervisory skills

Commercial mindset

Job description

Mills & Reeve are looking to recruit a Regulatory Solicitor to join our leading Commercial team, as we continue to grow! If you have a regulatory specialism, within a Commercial practice, then we would love to hear from you!

The role

We are looking for a regulatory solicitor to join our leading national commercial team, to focus on advising our clients on regulatory issues. This will include regulatory issues under food, consumer protection, digital, e-commerce, anti-discrimination and advertising law. This role is ideal for someone who wishes to specialise in digital, product regulation, labelling and advertising. The work is mainly advisory but includes some regulatory investigations. The practice has seen significant growth over the last years and Mills & Reeve is building a team of lawyers dedicated to this area. We act for many household names and a lot of our work involves working with our international lawyers to provide multi-jurisdictional advice. The team currently has a particular focus on the food and beverage and technology sectors but is looking to expand outside these core sectors. This role can be based out of our Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich or Oxford office.

The person

You will have 4+ years post qualification experience gained in a large regional, national or international firm. You will have excellent technical skills in regulatory law with a strong interest in the food and beverage, education and/or technology sectors. You will be a commercially-minded lawyer with an appetite for growing your own practice.

• Excellent written English and a keen eye for detail
• Ability to build relationships with clients, potential clients and multipliers
• Self-starting, with common-sense and initiative
• Excellent interpersonal and team skills, including ability to work with others, influence, persuade
• Good research skills, including an ability to use online information sources

• Supervisory skills

The activities

This role will provide you with an opportunity to work in a supportive and friendly environment, where bright ideas and innovation are encouraged. You will learn new areas of law and you will think about how the law of today applies to the products and consumer experience of tomorrow.

The work is extremely varied and covers a wide-range of subject matters. The work involves analysing and applying regulation to a client's problem and devising practical solutions. We consider how a regulator may approach particular problems and provide risk-based, pragmatic advice. This includes dealing with regulatory investigations, ASA complaints and regulatory enforcement action. More broadly we advise on consumer and trading law and we help businesses who want to launch new products or enter new markets.

This work is often international, and we advise businesses from overseas or coordinate multi-jurisdictional projects.

Why should I apply?

Mills & Reeve has strong national commercial and regulatory teams and leading market profile in the food and beverage, technology and life sciences sectors. This role will give you the platform to bring your own knowledge and skills to a team that is already successful and growing strongly.

The role offers the opportunity for career progression as the team continues to grow.

The Benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

Pre employment screening

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

The firm

Mills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it. We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients. By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is “Achieve more. Together.”, which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase! Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day.

• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work
• We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right
• We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet
• We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done – together

And finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.

To find out more about our diversity and inclusion work, visit our website.