About:
Career Legal is a multi-disciplined recruitment firm offering clients and candidates an unrivalled service across all areas of the modern day law firm.
Job title:
Conflicts Lawyer / Analyst
Contract type:
Permanent
Working pattern:
Full Time
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing conflict checks on every new matter globally to identify and resolve legal and commercial conflicts of interest
- Review every new client and matter opportunity through analysis of internal and external information sources and advise Partners globally in relation to conflict and information barrier issues.
- Understand and identify wider risk and reputational, sanctions, financial crime and conflict issues through matter risk assessment.
- Communicating with partners and staff regarding conflict check results, processes and policies.
- Ensuring the London team have a close working relationship with the Sydney team and liaising with them to ensure a smooth handover
- Actively contributing to the building of an effective and mutually supportive conflicts team globally
- Influence the design and optimisation of conflicts and information barrier management technology.
- Potentially providing assistance and cover for other NBI team members as required and handling ad hoc queries
Key Internal Relationships:
- Conflicts Partners including General Counsel, Director of NBI and Head of Conflicts UK, US & EMEA
- Regional Practice Group Heads, Sector Leads and Client Relationship Partners
- Partners, lawyers and PAs
- Australian Conflicts team in Sydney
- Client Approval and Matter Management teams in NBI
- Business Development
Skills, experience and qualifications:
- Law degree
- Work experience in a professional services environment in this field for a year (we will however consider candidates with more or less experience providing they can demonstrate the required competencies)
- Understanding of the legal and professional regime applying to conflicts of interest and confidential information
- Excellent research and analytical skills
- Good commercial awareness
- Ability to prioritise workloads
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work autonomously, escalate and prioritise multiple tasks
- Clear verbal, written and face to face communication skills with staff at every level
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and research resources
- Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines
Please note: This is not the full job description, to find out more please apply now. It’s Career Legal’s policy to reply to all successful candidates within three working days. If you have not heard back from us within that time, please understand that your application has not be successful for this role
How to Apply:
Candidates may apply here (click here).
