Lawyer, Litigation & Contentious Regulatory

JOB TITLE: Lawyer, Litigation & Contentious Regulatory

SALARY:  £87,552 - £97,280

HOURS: Full time

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds, Chester, Cardiff and Halifax

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group, we have a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper and to become the best Financial Services provider for our customers. Through our brands, our Group has a relationship with just about every household and community in the UK. We underpin the lives of millions of individuals and businesses, and play a key role in helping to build a growing UK economy.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us. We’re looking for a conscientious and proactive Lawyer to join our Litigation & Contentious Regulatory (LCR) team, part of the wider Legal & Secretariat (L&S) division. This is a rare opportunity for a highly motivated individual to work in a supportive in-house litigation and contentious team.

You'll join the LCR team as a Lawyer. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on the one of the most extensive and exciting contentious portfolios in the financial services sector, alongside our excellent and collaborative team. Under our new structure, you will work with a variety of colleagues and stakeholders on a range of litigation and contentious regulatory matters.

This role will provide you with an outstanding opportunity to further your ongoing personal and professional development.

Key responsibilities:

• Initially, deliver litigation and contentious support for the LCR team on a Group-wide basis.

• Working collaboratively with peers, as well as more senior and more junior colleagues, you will be the responsible for managing all aspects of your caseload,

• Strategic case management, briefing and influencing key senior stakeholders, and managing external panel law firms.

• Support business areas in identifying and resolving legal risks.

• Act as 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 contentious regulatory management.

• Supervise and mentor more junior team members.

About us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you’ll need

• You’ll need to be legally qualified in England & Wales, Scotland, or with an equivalent legal qualification, and with a current legal practising certificate.

• Excellent understanding of dispute resolution.

• Previous experience as a litigator in a law firm and/or in-house, ideally in the banking and financial services sector.

• Sound understanding of the legal, technical, and procedural factors affecting contentious matters.

• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate ideas, risks, and strategies – both orally and in written form.

• Ability to build trusting and collaborative relationships.

• Strong organisational skills and good attention to detail.

• Experience of regulatory investigation would be beneficial, but not essential.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch! We’d love to hear from you!