Conflicts Lawyer

The Risk Department provides support to the firm’s Senior Management and to the wider business, to ensure that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards of professional conduct, optimally manages its risk and sets a healthy risk culture and ensures compliance globally with its legal and regulatory requirements. This role is a senior level role and will lead in promoting and embedding best practice in these areas throughout the firm’s global network., * Supporting the Head of Risk Management in developing the firm’s strategy in respect setting its approach to managing conflicts globally; the role will be expected to work closely with the global Head of BAU and also with the Conflicts & New Business Committee, regional Boards and Practice Group Heads to develop and deliver a practical, robust and forward-looking approach.

• Shaping the conflicts and client intake capability within the firm to support the needs of the business, focussing on developing, coaching and growing those in the wider team who have a role within the conflicts process and identifying gaps and opportunities. The role will also consider appropriate learning and development initiatives required and build the knowhow within the team.

• Devising and leading a training programme on excellent conflicts management across the firm to embed key messages.

• Guiding the business with its most complex and challenging conflicts issues, escalating to the Conflicts & New Business Committee as required and reporting quarterly to the Management Board on conflicts issues.

• Supporting the Head of Risk Management in managing members of the team to ensure the firm is aligned and consistent in its risk culture and approach and to develop a continually closer relationship between the department and the lawyers in all regions.

Essential Skills & Experience

Key Objectives within the Role

As part of the role the candidate will:

• Analyse and critically assess the firm’s current conflicts process and approach to conflicts with particular reference to US conflicts provision to ensure the firm is in the best position to take opportunities in the market over the next 5 -10 years;

• Deliver and guide the team to assist with delivering market leading conflicts training across offices as well as virtually.

• Be the go to for conflicts escalations from both the BAU and Risk teams.

• Qualified lawyer with a significant number of years’ experience practising in an international law firm and with a bachelor or Master’s Degree (or equivalent);

• Significant experience in managing risk within a professional services firm, with experience in enterprise risk also welcomed;

• Excellent ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders, driving action and challenging inaction;

• Strong partnership abilities; skilled in influencing and motivating others especially senior leaders;

• Strong project management, problem-solving and decision-making skills;

• Expert trainer able to inspire and influence busy executives to engage with relevant training and scenarios;

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including presentation development and delivery;

• Proven ability to design and deliver well thought through, relevant and challenging exercise scenarios to all levels of business continuity teams;

• Ability to work independently and think critically;

• A strong service focus with the need to listen and understand the essential requirements of different areas of the firm;

• Ability to build connections and work collaboratively across boundaries at all levels.