Legal Director

Job description

Legal Director – Crime & Regulatory Manchester Lead. Shape. Build something exceptional. At Markel Law, we don’t just advise on risk we help businesses navigate their most complex and high-stakes challenges with confidence. We’re now looking for a senior Crime & Regulatory lawyer ready to step into a Legal Director level role, combining technical excellence, leadership, and commercial impact. The role is to provide input into the strategic leadership, development and growth of the crime and regulatory team, along with managing a varied case load both as the day-to-day contact on cases and also as supervisor to more junior colleagues in the team. This is a rare opportunity to help shape the direction of a nationally recognised practice while working on some of the most interesting and varied matters in the market. What makes this role different?: You’ll join a highly ranked Crime & Regulatory team (Legal 500 & Chambers) working across a broad and complex caseload, including: Inquests and public inquiries Professional discipline: Police gross misconduct investigations: Health & safety, environmental and licensing matters Entity regulation (including Ofsted & CQC) But this role goes b...