Legal Director - SHE

Legal Director - Safety, Health & Environment (SHE)
Location: South West / London

PQE: 10+ years

Sector: Regulatory Defence (Health & Safety, Environment, Fire, Food, Product Safety, Inquests)

We're working on behalf of a top-tier international law firm with a standout regulatory team, looking to welcome a talented senior lawyer into their expanding Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) practice.

This is a rare opportunity to work on headline-making cases, guiding clients through complex, sensitive investigations and prosecutions-including matters of corporate manslaughter, gross negligence, and regulatory breaches across health & safety, fire, environmental, food and product safety. The work is intellectually rigorous, high-profile and genuinely impactful.

What's on offer:

• A broad, meaty caseload spanning both contentious and advisory work
• Clients across major industries and their insurers, with work directly linked to inquests, public inquiries, and enforcement investigations
• Unusually close client contact and the chance to build your own relationships from day one
• A collaborative national team
• Flexibility to work from offices the South West / South / potentially other locations too
• Backing from a major international platform, offering global reach and resources

Your experience:

• 10+ years' PQE in regulatory law, with experience handling HSE, Police, Environment Agency, CQC or Fire Authority investigations
• Strong track record in inquests, interviews under caution, PACE submissions, and strategic compliance advice
• Excellent legal drafting, analysis and case management skills
• Comfort with business development and building strong, lasting client relationships
• Ideally, experience advising on wider safety matters such as food, product, fire or environmental safety
• A clean driving licence and flexibility to travel at short notice for time-critical client matters

The perks:

• A competitive salary up to £90,000 per annum (depending on experience) package including private medical, income protection, gym discounts and more
• A forward-thinking, flexible culture
• In-person and virtual socials, generous professional development support
• Progression routes
• A genuinely inclusive, diverse environment that genuinely values people

If you're a seasoned regulatory lawyer looking for complex, fascinating work without compromising on work-life balance or personal progression, we'd love to chat.

Apply now or reach out confidentially to learn more.