Senior / Principal Associate - Commercial Regulatory

Senior/Principal Associate - Commercial Regulatory

Closing Date: 12 October 2026

Location:

• Birmingham
• Cambridge
• Leeds
• Manchester
• Norwich
• Oxford

Office:

Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich or Oxford

Contract Type:

Permanent

Reference:

0384

About the Role

Mills & Reeve is looking to recruit a Regulatory Solicitor to join our leading Commercial team, as we continue to grow! If you have a regulatory specialism within a Commercial practice, we would love to hear from you!

The Role

We are seeking a regulatory solicitor to join our national commercial team, focusing on advising clients on regulatory issues. This includes issues under food, consumer protection, digital, e-commerce, anti-discrimination, and advertising law. This role is ideal for someone interested in digital, product regulation, labelling, and advertising. The work is mainly advisory but includes some regulatory investigations.

The practice has experienced significant growth over recent years, and Mills & Reeve is building a team dedicated to this area. We serve many household names and collaborate with international lawyers to provide multi-jurisdictional advice. The team currently focuses on the food and beverage and technology sectors but aims to expand outside these core areas.

The Person

• You will have 4+ years post-qualification experience gained in a large regional, national, or international firm.
• You will possess excellent technical skills in regulatory law with an interest in the food and beverage, education, and/or technology sectors.
• You will be a commercially-minded lawyer eager to grow your own practice.
• You will have:
  • Excellent written English and a keen eye for detail
  • Ability to build relationships with clients, potential clients, and multipliers
  • Self-starting attitude, with common sense and initiative
  • Excellent interpersonal and team skills, including the ability to work with others, influence, and persuade
  • Good research skills, including the ability to use online information sources
• Desirable: Supervisory skills

The Activities

This role offers an opportunity to work in a supportive and friendly environment that encourages bright ideas and innovation. You will learn new areas of law and consider how current laws apply to future products and consumer experiences. The work is diverse, covering a wide range of subject matters, including analyzing and applying regulation to client problems and devising practical solutions. It involves understanding regulatory approaches, providing risk-based pragmatic advice, handling investigations, ASA complaints, regulatory enforcement, and advising on consumer and trading law. We assist businesses entering new markets or launching new products, often involving international coordination and multi-jurisdictional projects.

Why Should I Apply?

Mills & Reeve has strong national commercial and regulatory teams with a leading market profile in the food and beverage, technology, and life sciences sectors. This role provides a platform to apply your knowledge and skills within a successful and expanding team. It offers career progression opportunities as the team continues to grow. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received, so early application is encouraged.

The Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. Additional details about our core benefit offering are available upon request.

Pre-employment Screening

If appointed, comprehensive pre-employment screening will be conducted, including a basic DBS check, verification of your right to work, employment history over the past three years, and a self-declaration of character and suitability for the role.

The Firm

Mills & Reeve is committed to achieving more for clients, their businesses, and the wider community. We deliver knowledgeable, tailored advice and build personal relationships based on trust and understanding. Our 1,450+ people and over 850 lawyers share a common vision: achieving more for clients.

By joining Mills & Reeve, you will develop your skills within a top UK law firm ranked in the top 50 and recognized as a great place to work. We are ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list and have received Platinum Investors in People accreditation.

Our mantra is "Achieve more. Together." Our values include ambition, openness, care, and collaboration, guiding our daily work and interactions.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, supportive environment, considering flexible work arrangements and workplace adjustments. For more about our diversity and inclusion initiatives, please visit our website.

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Reference: 0384Mills & Reeve are looking to recruit a Regulatory Solicitor to join our leading Commercial team, as we continue to grow! If you have a regulatory specialism, within a Commercial practice, then we would love to hear from you! The roleWe are looking for a regulatory solicitor to join our leading national commercial team, to focus on advising our clients on regulatory issues. This will include regulatory issues under food, consumer protection, digital, e-commerce, anti-discrimination and advertising law. This role is ideal for someone who wishes to specialise in digital, product regulation, labelling and advertising. The work is mainly advisory but includes some regulatory investigations.The practice has seen significant growth over the last years and Mills & Reeve is building a team of lawyers dedicated to this area. We act for many household names and a lot of our work involves working with our international lawyers to provide multi-jurisdictional advice. The team currently has a particular focus on the food and beverage and technology sectors but is looking to expand outside these core sectors.This role can be based out of our Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Norwich or Oxford office.The personYou will have 4+ years post qualification experience gained in a large regional, national or international firm. You will have excellent technical skills in regulatory law with a strong interest in the food and beverage, education and/or technology sectors. You will be a commercially-minded lawyer with an appetite for growing your own practice.You will have;Excellent written English and a keen eye for detailAbility to build relationships with clients, potential clients and multipliersSelf-starting, with common-sense and initiativeExcellent interpersonal and team skills, including ability to work with others, influence, persuadeGood research skills, including an ability to use online information sourcesDesirableSupervisory skillsThe activitiesThis role will provide you with an opportunity to work in a supportive and friendly environment, where bright ideas and innovation are encouraged. You will learn new areas of law and you will think about how the law of today applies to the products and consumer experience of tomorrow.The work is extremely varied and covers a wide-range of subject matters. The work involves analysing and applying regulation to a client's problem and devising practical solutions. We consider how a regulator may approach particular problems and provide risk-based, pragmatic advice. This includes dealing with regulatory investigations, ASA complaints and regulatory enforcement action. More broadly we advise on consumer and trading law and we help businesses who want to launch new products or enter new markets.This work is often international, and we advise businesses from overseas or coordinate multi-jurisdictional projects.Why should I apply?Mills & Reeve has strong national commercial and regulatory teams and leading market profile in the food and beverage, technology and life sciences sectors. This role will give you the platform to bring your own knowledge and skills to a team that is already successful and growing strongly. The role offers the opportunity for career progression as the team continues to grow.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.The benefitsAs you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. Click here to find out more about our core benefit offering.Pre employment screeningIf we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.The firmMills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it. We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision - achieving more for clients.By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is "Achieve more. Together.", which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase!Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day.

• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done - togetherAnd finallyEveryone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to