Partner - Crime & Regulatory
4 days ago
Manchester
Partner – Crime & Regulatory Manchester or Leeds Permanent Up to c.£110,000 base + c.25% bonus + strong benefits Hybrid working A nationally recognised, forward-thinking legal and professional services business is seeking a senior lawyer to join and help lead its highly regarded Crime & Regulatory practice in Manchester or Leeds. This is a key leadership appointment within a Legal 500 and Chambers-ranked team, advising insurers, businesses, professionals, and individuals on complex and often high-profile matters across the regulatory and criminal landscape. We are open to established Partners, as well as ambitious Legal Directors or Senior Associates ready to step up into a broader, more strategic role within a progressive and well-backed platform. The opportunity This role combines high-quality legal work with genuine influence over the future direction of the practice. You will be immersed in complex, meaningful cases while playing a central role in shaping growth, mentoring talent, and strengthening market presence. Key responsibilities include: • Providing senior-level advice across contentious and non-contentious crime and regulatory matters, • Handling a varied and high-quality caseload, including:, • Inquests and public inquiries, • Professional discipline, • Gross misconduct and policing investigations, • Health & safety, licensing, and environmental matters, • Entity regulation (including CQC and Ofsted), • Acting as lead advisor on complex, sensitive matters, • Supervising and mentoring junior lawyers, supporting their development and performance, • Contributing to the strategic growth of the practice through business development and relationship building, • Strengthening relationships with insurers, corporate clients, and internal stakeholders, • Playing a key role in team leadership, planning, and decision-making, • Supporting financial performance, including billing, budgets, and KPIs, • Enhancing the team’s external profile through thought leadership, marketing, and networking About you • Partner, Legal Director, or Senior Associate ready to step into a leadership role, • Strong experience across crime and regulatory law, ideally with cross-regulatory exposure, • Background in insurance-led legal services is advantageous, • Proven ability to manage clients and contribute to business development, • Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers, • Commercially minded with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach, • Confident engaging with senior stakeholders internally and externally, • Excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to client service What’s on offer • Up to c.£110,000 base salary, • c.25% bonus linked to performance and growth (paid out in full over the past few years), • Hybrid working with Manchester or Leeds base, • A genuine leadership role with autonomy and influence, • Exposure to high-quality, complex, and often high-profile work, • Opportunity to step up and shape a growing, well-regarded practice, • Supportive, inclusive, and people-first culture, • Long-term career platform within a stable and forward-thinking organisation