Associate: Financial Services Regulatory

7 giorni fa

Milano, Lombardia, Italia White & Case LLP A tempo pieno

Job Description - Associate: Financial Services Regulatory - EMEA (2500004U)

Associate: Financial Services Regulatory - EMEA Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world's key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It's not just about our global network of offices; it's the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It's one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

We are currently looking for associates (1-2 years PQE) to join the Financial Services Regulatory practice in our Milan office.

As well as possessing excellent academic credentials and legal knowledge, you should also be commercially-minded, with a solid grasp of the market and an enthusiasm for the cut-and-thrust of international deal-making.

Excellent oral and written communication skills will be major assets—enabling you to seamlessly manage the flow of information between practice groups, clients and stakeholders. Regularly working in large, international and multidisciplinary teams, you should also demonstrate a collaborative approach and an ease interacting with a wide range of legal and business professionals. Proactive and self-motivated, you should be eager to take ownership of your work product and demonstrate the skill, talent and commitment to deliver outstanding results.

Our Practice Area

Our global Financial Services Regulatory (FSR) practice provides comprehensive advice to the world's leading financial institutions, including commercial and investment banks, broker-dealers and investment advisers, nonbank lenders, sovereign wealth funds and government-owned banks, and to emerging financial services providers, including fintechs and payment companies.

We are trusted advisors, helping our clients stay informed of new regulatory initiatives, develop innovative products and services, implement and maintain effective compliance programs and controls, monitor and respond to new risks, and explore strategic opportunities in emerging markets.

Our extensive experience across a full spectrum of domestic and cross-border services, includes:

Expansion of operations

  • Bank and nonbank licensing options for traditional financial services providers
  • Evolving licensing options and regulatory strategies for fintechs and other nonbank financial and crypto-asset services providers
  • Regulation of payments, broker-dealer, investment adviser, investment fund, derivatives, underwriting and insurance mediation, and other nonbanking activities (such as crypto-asset services)
  • Enhanced prudential standards, resolution planning, ring-fencing, consumer financial services, AML and internal systems and controls
  • Transactional experience with new products and services, distribution arrangements, partnerships, client platform development and other services involving regulatory issues

Regulatory and legislative advocacy

  • Cross-border legislative/regulatory policy development
  • Developing and advocating for fintech/regtech solutions

Regulatory capital solutions

  • Structured solutions to improve capital and liquidity ratios and to manage the balance sheet effect of changing regulatory and accounting requirements
  • Capital raising, capital relief, disposal/sale of assets, including structuring of non-performing loan (NPL) and asset-backed securitization offerings

Digitization

  • Incorporating digital processes, products and services, including payments services
  • Adopting AI-driven regtech solutions

Enforcement, investigation and supervisory

  • Regulatory, supervisory, enforcement and compliance inquiries/material risk reviews/gap analyses

Regulatory Disputes

  • Administrative and court proceedings against decisions by regulatory authorities
Duties and Accountabilities

Your main duties will be:

  • Structuring, drafting and negotiating a variety of regulatory-driven transactions involving credit institutions, asset managers, insurance undertakings and other regulated operators (such as crypto-asset service providers);
  • Drafting and negotiating contractual documents (e.g. distribution agreements, outsourcing agreements, JVAs) and corporate documentation of supervised entities;
  • Drafting regulatory filings, legal memoranda and policies concerning, inter alia, (i) domestic licensing requirements, (ii) bank and insurance capital requirements; (iii) resolution and recovery planning; (iv) bank, asset managers and insurance undertakings governance and management; (v) insurance distribution (including bancassurance); and (vi) investment fund set-up and asset management.

Qualifications

  • PQE 1-2 years, ideally up to 4 years of pre and post qualification experience working at a top Italian or an international law firm in the Financial Regulatory practice
  • Law Degree obtained in Italy with excellent academic records
  • Commercial and business awareness
  • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills
  • Strong time management skills, ability to stay calm under pressure when juggling multiple projects
  • Fluency in English

Location & Reporting

This is a FSR Associate role based in Milan.

The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties. The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contractual relationship with the Firm.

Primary Location

Expected Workplace : Hybrid

Job Posting: Mar 3, 2025, 8:11:36 AM
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