BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and a key player in international banking. We operate in 65 countries and employ 190,000 people, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. Our Group holds key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; Investment & Protection Services; and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) for corporate and institutional clients.
BNP Paribas’ CIB UK Legal department is a dynamic and integral part of the bank's activities, providing expert legal advice and support across a wide range of activities. Our teams work closely with the business on transactional, advisory and governance matters and on disputes. It is led by dedicated professionals who ensure that the bank's interests are protected while adhering to the highest legal, regulatory and ethical standards. The department is involved in various initiatives, including work experience programs, diversity and inclusion efforts, and legal technology advancements, reflecting its commitment to excellence, innovation and efficiency in the legal field.
Company purpose:
Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.
Our employer promise is built around three pillars:
• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people
Business area
The LEGAL Regulatory team is an organisation within LEGAL comprising legal professionals providing legal support to business lines throughout the BNP Paribas Group in relation to financial services regulatory law. The team is part of UK CIB LEGAL and part of the LEGAL Regulatory Platform. Existing and new regulatory requirements play a key role in defining the Bank’s and senior management’s obligations. The LEGAL Regulatory UK team provides advice on non-contentious financial services regulatory topics from regulatory watch stage through to implementation, as well as “BAU” advisory questions for new products / activities or ongoing business activities.
Job Purpose
The Regulatory Lawyer, Vice President role provides specialist legal regulatory advice to the business teams and other stakeholders (e.g. other Functions or territory management office teams) in order to ensure that the Group’s activities are supported and able to achieve their objectives, on all matters relating to financial services regulatory law, whilst effectively identifying and managing legal risk. The Regulatory lawyer Vice President will provide advice relating to regulatory matters and support regulatory driven implementation projects, such as advising on the UK regulated perimeter, advising on matters on which the Vice President has developed expertise, completing the regulatory review of TACs and NACs and provide training on regulatory topics, in the UK or across Europe.
Scope: Primarily UK, with advice on European legislation.
The LEGAL Regulatory lawyer Vice President manages projects, develops relationships with stakeholders and provides high quality legal advice to business teams and other stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Advanced qualified lawyer accountable for providing non-contentious complex regulatory advice to the business and other stakeholders, including in relation to TACs / NACs (Transaction Approval and New Activity Committees) and regulatory change implementation projects.
- Amends documentation to reflect regulatory matters / requirements, such as MiFID II terms of business and onboarding documentation.
- Takes an active role in supporting and managing the development of legal policy within the UK LEGAL Regulatory team (e.g. the Regulatory Watch policy).
- Reviews the quality and efficiency of work of junior members within the UK LEGAL Regulatory team and formulates recommendations that align with best practice, ongoing organisational strategies and cost efficiencies.
- Manages and supports their relationships with key stakeholders across the business to ensure the provision of high quality legal advice.
- Contributes to regulatory driven implementation projects, including attending (and representing LEGAL Regulatory on) associated governance for such projects
- Contributes to the UK and European regulatory watch process (including through review of dashboard items and preparing and reviewing impact assessments)
- Responds to business issues and queries relating to regulatory matters in order to provide quality and timely advice to the business.
- Completes risk reporting for risks identified on projects / transactions or advisory matters.
- Escalates risks / issues / questions appropriately to the EMEA Head of Regulatory Law
- Instructs and oversees external legal counsel where appropriate to promote high quality, cost-efficient external legal service
- In relation to regulatory topics on which they have expertise, provides, regulatory training to the Legal team and/or business stakeholders.
- Supports advocacy efforts of the bank where legal interpretation is required on regulatory change texts (e.g. consultation papers published by regulatory authorities).
- Contributes to and produces “know how” for product lawyer teams (e.g. TAC / NAC issue spotting guides)
- Influences and supports other team members as required, including acting as a point of escalation for junior team members and co-ordinates with other teams within Legal both within the UK and globally as appropriate. Escalates complex/high risk matters as necessary.
- Oversees the work of more junior members within the UK LEGAL Regulatory team.
Requirements
- English qualified lawyer or relevant regulatory professional qualification with expert knowledge of non-contentious regulatory matters, including in relation to and experience advising on a number of different financial services regulations affecting the UK / Europe, for example MiFID II, CSDR, DGSD, EMIR, PSD 2, SFTR, FSMA and the FCA / PRA Handbook, and ESG regulatory matters
- Good working knowledge of Bank wide policies, procedures, regulations and legislation relevant to regulatory matters, and experience in supporting regulatory implementation projects.
- Good commercial and communication / stakeholder management skills along with excellent analytical skills and the ability to translate technical concepts into clear guidance and advice to the business.
- Strong relationship management skills and an ability to provide support and act as a mentor to more junior members of the team.
- Computer literacy and a good understanding of relevant software, such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).
A bit more about why you should join us
1. We’re a great place to work
We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)
We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:
• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.
* Subject to relevant caps
2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.
For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.
But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.
3. We believe in our people
We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.
We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.
Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:
• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:
Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.
Equal opportunities
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Adjustments
We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.
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