Overview

Litigation & Contentious Regulatory (LCR) Senior Lawyer role in a leading UK bank. This in-house position involves a mix of litigation and contentious regulatory work within the LCR team, part of the Legal & Secretariat (L&S) division. The role offers opportunities for leadership, stakeholder engagement, and professional development. The role can be based at offices in Edinburgh, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Halifax or Leeds. The working style is hybrid, requiring at least two days per week (40%) on-site.

Job Description

Job Title: Litigation & Contentious Regulatory Senior Lawyer

Location: Edinburgh, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Halifax or Leeds

Hours: Full-time

Working Pattern: Hybrid

This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a conscientious and proactive Senior Lawyer in the LCR team, part of the wider L&S division. The LCR lawyers perform a mix of litigation and contentious regulatory work, leading and supervising colleagues while managing a caseload of important and high-profile matters. You will advise senior stakeholders on strategic decisions and contribute to the leadership of the LCR team. You will work closely with business and operations colleagues to provide pro-active, pragmatic, and commercially aware advice. You will collaborate with others within the LCR team and the broader L&S division. This role provides an outstanding opportunity for ongoing personal and professional development.

Please note, the role can be based at our offices in Edinburgh, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Halifax or Leeds.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver litigation and contentious regulatory support for projects and cases.
• Lead and support more junior colleagues with caseloads, including strategic case management, briefing, influencing senior stakeholders, and managing external panel law firms.
• Identify and resolve legal risks for business areas.
• Act as senior legal representative in business/divisional projects, supporting other team members and non-contentious legal colleagues.
• Identify and develop protocols to improve the efficiency of litigation and regulatory management.

What You Need

We require a legally qualified candidate (England & Wales, Scotland, or equivalent qualification) with a current practising certificate and substantial post-qualification experience. The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong understanding of dispute resolution with prior experience as a litigator in a law firm and/or in-house, preferably in banking and financial services.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership potential and a solid understanding of legal, technical, and procedural factors affecting contentious matters.
• Clear communication of ideas, risks, and strategies, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

About Working For Us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting customers, colleagues and communities. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments, including flexibility in attendance, location and working patterns. We are a Disability Confident Leader and guarantee interviews for applicants meeting the minimum criteria who have a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition.

We provide adjustments throughout the recruitment process and offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including:

• Generous pension contribution (up to 15%)
• Annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Flexible benefits and wellbeing initiatives
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Parental leave policies and other wellbeing initiatives

Additional Information

We keep your data safe and will only request confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited to an interview or accepted a verbal offer. We are committed to a values-led culture and building an inclusive workplace where every colleague can make a real difference.