Legal Counsel - Full Time or Part Time

Overview

In this role you help shape Shawbrook’s strategic legal position by advising on M&A, corporate development, and regulatory matters. You will partner with senior stakeholders up to ExCo level, supported by a central legal function, to drive commercial and compliant outcomes. The role blends transactional work with contentious regulatory experience, offering breadth and real exposure. You will contribute to the bank’s strategy while protecting its interests and maintaining high governance standards.

Pay / Benefits

• Headspace mindfulness app
• Peppy fertility/menopause support
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension scheme
• Minimum 27 days holiday

Responsibilities

• Advise on M&A and corporate development activities, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and post-completion integration
• Manage contentious regulatory matters and related regulatory engagement (FCA and PRA investigations, enforcement, skilled person reviews, supervisory interactions)
• Lead on establishing and maintaining privilege over internal investigations and document preservation
• Support the Head of Legal on insurance notifications and claims from complaints, regulatory matters, cyber events, and insured losses, coordinating with brokers, insurers, external counsel and Finance
• Build relationships across the Group with General Counsel, Heads of Legal, Corporate Development, Risk & Compliance, HR, Complaints and Finance to protect customer outcomes
• Manage external counsel: instructions, budget, and bringing work in-house where sensible
• Contribute to broader central legal work (litigation, corporate advisory, funding structures, capital markets, listed company obligations)

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with current England and Wales practising certificate
• Post-qualification experience in financial services or banking; broad regulatory or transactional interest is acceptable
• In-house experience in financial services or banking is highly preferable
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate legal advice into practical business outcomes
• Experience acting as direct point of contact for clients and senior stakeholders up to ExCo level
• Experience managing external counsel, fee structures and budgets
• Open to generalist backgrounds with willingness to specialise over time
• Experience in M&A, corporate development, strategic transactions, financial regulatory work is welcome

• Intellectual curiosity
• Commercial acumen
• Pragmatic, solutions-oriented
• M&A and corporate development
• Regulatory and financial services matters (FCA/PRA)
• Management of external counsel and budgets

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