Associate - Regulatory

DAC Beachcroft; Dublin; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft Dublin is seeking an associate to join our Regulatory Team. The role focuses on public and professional regulatory law, providing support on advisory and project work across sectors, with exposure to high-profile matters and client contact.

Ideal candidates have 3–6+ years PQE, strong drafting and research skills, and a collaborative approach. The firm offers a supportive environment where you can develop your career within a leading international practice.

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years PQE in public, professional, or regulatory law.
• Strong drafting and research skills.
• Excellent client-facing and relationship-building abilities.
• Ability to work across multiple sectors and manage deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior team in project and advisory work across regulatory matters.
• Develop client relationships and deliver sound regulatory advice.
• Contribute to research and drafting of regulatory opinions and reports.

Skills

PQE 3-6+ years

Public regulatory law

Drafting skills

Research skills

Client relationships

Time management

Education

LL.B./Qualifying Law Degree

Job description

DAC Beachcroft Dublin is a full service Law Firm with over 90 colleagues. Our team of partners, lawyers and support staff work together to provide a client-led service, which responds swiftly and effectively to all matters.

Since the inception of our Dublin office we have established ourselves as one of Ireland's most recognised firms. We have achieved this by providing a unique offering which can be tailored to the specific requirements of each of our clients. We provide this bespoke service incorporating sound, pragmatic and commercial advice in a cost effective way.

We're proud of our inclusive and supportive environment which helps colleagues to build varied and interesting careers. Our approach is collaborative, creative and challenging – in other words, we offer an environment that enables you to succeed and make the most of your individual potential.

The Regulatory team are leading legal advisors on the law relating to the public sector in Ireland and we act for a wide range of public sector bodies across the professional regulatory, financial, health and social care, sport, cyber / data-protection, health product regulation, health and safety, housing and property sectors. We also advise clients and stakeholders operating in regulated environments on public and regulatory law matters.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for an associate (ideally between 3 and 6+ years PQE) to join our Regulatory Team to primarily assist our senior team members in project and advisory work covering a wide variety of matters across all our sectors – the work will be rewarding and varied with scope for involvement in other aspects of the teams' work as capacity allows.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 3-6+ Years PQE of relevant experience in public, professional and regulatory law (both litigation and advisory) – or able to demonstrate transferable experience;
• Good research and statutory interpretation skills;
• Good inter-personal skills to interact with team members and other members of the firm
• An ability and willingness to develop relationships with client contacts;
• Excellent drafting skills, with a particular focus on attention to detail;
• Strong organisational and time management skills;
• An interest in professional regulatory and public law and a willingness to learn.

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Dubai (DIFC), Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.