London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Financial Services Regulation, Regulatory Advisory, Transactional Projects, Compliance, Corporate Governance
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$65k–$72k/yr
The Opportunity Key responsibilities: Responsible for managing the firms billing process, ensuring accurate and timely preparation of client invoices for a selected group of Billing Attorneys, including: Review time entr…
Skills: Legal Billing, Aderant Expert, E-Billing Platforms, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Competition Litigation, Antitrust Law, Private Enforcement, Collective Actions, Regulatory Compliance
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$235k–$365k/yr
The Opportunity Our New York office is looking for a second to fifth year Technology Transactions associate with big law or relevant in-house counsel experience. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of intellec…
Skills: Intellectual Property Law, Drafting, Negotiation, Technology Transactions, Software Licensing
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Matters, Internal Investigations, Class Actions
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Solution Architecture, API Integration, Generative AI, LLM Orchestration, Workflow Automation
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Solution Architecture, API Integration, Generative AI, Legal Technology, Workflow Automation
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Matters, Internal Investigations, Class Actions
Paris, Ile-de-France, France · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer est un cabinet d’avocats international de premier plan, animé par l’ambition de vous aider à atteindre vos objectifs. Un service à la clientèle exceptionnel et la poursuite de l’excellence …
Skills: Business Criminal Law, Compliance, Internal Investigations, Legal Research, Legal Drafting
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Client Relationship Management, Business Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management, Bid Coordination
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Matters, Internal Investigations, Class Actions
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Commercial Litigation, Regulatory Matters, Corporate Disputes, Internal Investigations, Class Actions
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Administrative Support, Diary Management, Document Production, Travel Coordination, Billing Process
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Administrative Support, Diary Management, Document Production, Travel Coordination, Billing Process
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Document Review, Due Diligence, Litigation, Legal Project Management, Quality Control
City of London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: AML/CTF Program Management, Financial Crime Compliance, Stakeholder Management, Risk Assessment, Regulatory Liaison
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer es un despacho de abogados global de referencia. Nuestra ambición es clara: ayudaros a alcanzar vuestros objetivos Nuestro compromiso con un servicio al cliente excepcional y la búsqueda co…
Skills: Documentation Management, Knowledge Management, Library Organization, Information Retrieval, English B1
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer es un despacho de abogados global de referencia. Nuestra ambición es clara: ayudaros a alcanzar vuestros objetivos Nuestro compromiso con un servicio al cliente excepcional y la búsqueda co…
Skills: Documentation Management, Knowledge Management, Library Organization, Information Retrieval, Archiving
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Legal Project Management, Budget Monitoring, Financial Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Microsoft 365
Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium · On-site
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care abo…
Skills: Business Development, Account Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, Pitch Management, Market Analysis
London, England, United Kingdom • On-site
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The role involves providing non-contentious regulatory advice and managing commercial projects for a diverse range of financial institutions. Responsibilities include advising on business structuring, authorisations, corporate governance, and emerging technologies like AI and digital assets.
Candidates should have approximately 1-2 years of experience in financial services regulatory work dealing with complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Academic excellence is essential, requiring at least a 2:1 degree or equivalent and fluency in English.
Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.
As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be. Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.
At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas.
We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources. And we’re focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.
All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition – which is to help you achieve yours.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition
Practice Area
Financial Services Regulatory (FSR)
Our global FSR practice helps our clients solve their most complex and sensitive national and international regulatory challenges (both proactive and reactive), both non-contentious and contentious. We have specialists across our network of offices in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
Our expertise covers the full spectrum of regulation, including authorisations and approvals; regulatory change; the regulatory aspects of transactions or restructurings; governance; risk management and compliance; market conduct; complaints handling; financial crime; and enforcement and investigations.
Our lawyers have a broader range of experience than many legal advisers: outstanding technical and professional skills are a prerequisite for our work, but they are not enough on their own. An in-depth understanding of regulatory policy and process and how it impacts on our clients is crucial.
Our regulatory team includes Partners who have previously gained several years' experience working within financial institutions. We have also invested heavily in ensuring that our associates spend time on secondment with clients and with regulators.
The non-contentious part of the FSR practice (within our Corporate Division) specialises in generalist advisory and transactions/commercial projects work. The team advises banks (traditional and challenger), investment firms (including broker-dealers and insurance brokers), asset managers, market infrastructure providers (including CCPs and trading venues), Fintechs, private equity firms and other financial institutions on financial services law and regulation, including all major UK/EU regulatory regimes, including CRR/CRD, MiFID II, SMCR, MAR, EMIR, SSR, CSRD, PSD2, AIFMD etc.
The team regularly advises clients on their most strategic and challenging projects, including:
structuring and authorisation of new businesses
Group rationalisation and structuring
corporate governance and senior management responsibility
regulatory change and commercial projects (including outsourcing)
new business and product structuring
client documentation and other financial sector contracts
BAU regulatory and compliance matters
advising on emerging technology like digital assets, tokenisation and AI
high-value and complex financial sector M&A and other transactions
The lawyers in the non-contentious part of this practice area work closely with their counterparts on the contentious side, sharing client work, business development and know-how.
Advising an investment vehicle and its owner on a majority equity investment in Metro Bank as part of the October 2023 rescue of Metro Bank
Advising the Earthshot Prize (founded by HRH Prince William in 2020, it is an ambitious global environmental prize to discover and scale the best solutions to help repair our planet over the next 10 years) on regulatory issues on a new digital platform.
Advising a leading international cross-border bank on its Basel 3:1 implementation.
Advising a leading global financial services group on ESG related disclosure and greenwashing requirements.
Advising a number of FinTechs, BigTech and TradFi companies on digital assets/crypto, AI and payments-related regulation.
Advising a leading challenger bank on prudential requirements.
Advising global asset managers on product and platform launches.
Advising on the authorisation of a bank.
Advising a global bank on CRDVI requirements.
Key responsibilities
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is presently recruiting for an associate in the non-contentious FSR practice (which sits within our wider Corporate Division).
The role involves both advisory and transactional/commercial projects regulatory work; both UK domestic and international.
Clients could be across many sectors of the FS industry, both wholesale and retail. Including banks, payment services/e-money firms, interdealer brokers, asset managers, private equity firms, insurers, insurance intermediaries and energy sector clients.
Non-contentious associates also have the rare and highly valuable opportunity of becoming involved in contentious work, to broaden their experience, if of interest.
Qualifications, skills and experience
We would expect the successful candidate to have approximately 1-2 years' experience in financial services regulatory work, with experience of dealing with large, complex and multi-jurisdictional matters. We would consider those with less or more experience, providing they meet the required competencies.
Experience could be in any of the mini-sectors mentioned under Key Responsibilities above; although we expect that the successful candidate is most likely to have a broad spread of experience across several of these sectors.
Academic excellence is essential for all positions within Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. We would always expect at least a 2:1 degree (or equivalent). All applications should include full academic details including grades, subjects and transcripts where appropriate.
Fluency in spoken and written English.
Competencies
Personal Leadership
Builds Authentic Relationships
Collaborates with others
Enhances the Client Experience
Achieves Results
We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.
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Follow our new account to stay connected: www.linkedin.com/company/hsfkramer
We're now Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. Follow our new LinkedIn account to stay connected: www.linkedin.com/company/hsfkramer Learn more: https://www.hsfkramer.com/about-us
Offices: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, Greater London EC2A 2EG, GB · Herbert Smith Freehills, ANZ Tower 161, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU · Herbert Smith Freehills (Thailand) Ltd, 1403 Abdulrahim Place, 990 Rama IV Road, Bangkok, Bangkok 10500, TH · Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Beijing Representative Office (UK), 28th Floor Office Tower, Beijing Yintai Centre, 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue,Chaoyang District, Beijing, Beijing 100022, CN · Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, 3 Cromac Quay, Ormeau Gasworks,, Belfast, Belfast BT7 2JD, GB
