Senior Associate - Public, Regulatory & Investigations

Practice Area: Public, Regulatory & Investigations; Public & Administrative Law.

Position: Senior Associate (4+ years PQE)

Position Type: Permanent

The Firm:

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP is a leading Irish law firm based in Dublin with representative offices in San Francisco, New York and London. The firm has been the fastest-growing law firm in Ireland over the last decade. We are a business law firm with extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of Irish business-related law and with particular focus on the Energy, Technology, Financial Services, Built Environment, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Charities and Public sectors.

The Role

We wish to appoint a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Public, Regulatory and Investigations team. We are seeking an ambitious solicitor (4+ years PQE) with strong general experience in litigation. This is a special opportunity for the right candidate to further their career in our Tier 1 ranked Public, Regulatory and Investigations team.

This will involve working in areas of public law, advising public and private sector clients on what statutory bodies can do and the procedures they must follow. The successful candidate will advise regulators, regulated entities and others operating in a variety of regulated sectors on all types of regulation, including data protection legislation. We advise on access to, and disclosure of, information, including freedom of information. Our team helps clients deal with investigations and inquiries of any kind – whether statutory or non-statutory.

Applicants should ideally have an administrative or public law background with demonstrable experience in a number of the following areas:  administrative and/or constitutional law, statutory interpretation, judicial review and other litigation,  information law, such as freedom of information and data protection, sectoral regulation; and / or investigations and inquiries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advising on administrative/public law, statutory interpretation and analysis (including of sector-specific domestic and EU legislation), and information law issues, including FOI, Access to Information on the Environment and data privacy issues.

• Assisting in administrative law litigation, such as judicial review and statutory appeal proceedings, to include briefing and managing the input of counsel.

• Assisting in drafting legal opinions and court documents.

• Assisting in drafting other documents such as correspondence, consultation documents and public bodies’ policies, procedures or guidance documents.

• Advising on the conduct of investigations by regulatory authorities and assisting clients in their approach to statutory or other investigations and inquiries.

• Collaborating with cross-sectoral teams within MHC, including our privacy and charities teams.

  
  

Joining our team offers a unique opportunity to work on challenging and impactful matters in a collaborative and supportive environment. If you are passionate about public, regulatory and investigatory work, and are looking to advance your legal career, we encourage you to apply.

Candidate Requirements:

• 4+ yrs PQE in a related practice area. 

• Strong focus on client service and the ability to manage multiple clients and a busy workload.

• Pro-active, working collaboratively within a team environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Have the ability to work to tight deadlines and be flexible in how they approach work.

• Ability to manage both their own caseload and work as part of a team.

• Experience working with regulatory or public bodies is an advantage.

Why MHC?

• Excellent remuneration and benefits package; pension, healthcare & bonus

• Enviable client base and strong career progression opportunities

• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements

• Friendly, open and informal working atmosphere

• Focus on employee involvement, wellbeing and success

• Social events, clubs and initiatives (Green Team, Working on Wellness, subsidised fitness classes, MHC RISE, Diversity, Sports & Social and Art Committee)

• MHC knowledge and education programme to facilitate major development as a lawyer

So if you like challenge, value autonomy, work well within a team, enjoy partnering with senior business stakeholders and love working with top notch clients then apply to join us @MASON, HAYES & CURRAN.