How to remove only first instance of line break

I use a third party to translate data into Spanish, but the format of my data changes after automatic translation. I’m using a formula to fix the info into the correct format, but one piece is still missing.

The attached image (sample-issue) shows the black text before and after my find/change formula of:

- =^p• ;

This is almost perfect, but it makes an unnecessary line break at the top of the text (red circle in sample image). I’m trying to figure out how to write another formula to remove ONLY the first match of ^p (end of paragraph), but everything I’ve found and tried doesn’t work. I’m pretty sure the formula is using Regex. Can someone please help me with this?

Fyi: I know Find/Change can change multiple returns into single returns, but that has the potential to cause trouble elsewhere in my documents. I believe a formula is my only option here.