Conflicts Advisor – Law Firm
Office based in London, with a flexible hybrid working model.
Join a top tier Law Firm, seeking a Conflicts Advisor to join their Risk & Compliance team.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced conflicts professional to step into an advisory role, and act as a trusted advisor to the Risk and Compliance team and wider Firm on all conflict-related queries, applying expert knowledge of relevant regulations and policies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner closely with the Conflicts Manager to ensure the consistent application and continuous improvement of conflicts policies, processes, and systems, including overseeing the timely and accurate clearance of conflict checks.
- Take ownership of complex and high-risk conflict queries and escalations, confidently liaising with Partners, lawyers, and senior stakeholders, and escalating to COLP where necessary.
- Support broader conflicts activity, including lateral hire processes, new joiner onboarding, and wider group initiatives.
- Drive enhancements to conflicts workflows, systems, and service delivery, while ensuring team workload is effectively managed, deadlines are met, and outputs remain high quality.
- Identify team training needs and support delivery, while also collaborating across Risk & Compliance and the wider firm to improve efficiency, contribute to strategic initiatives, build strong internal/external networks, and provide shared out-of-hours support for urgent matters.
- Act as a senior role model and key escalation point for Junior Conflicts Analysts, providing hands-on training, mentoring, and day-to-day guidance to support both technical capability and professional development.
Requirements:
- 4-6 years experience in a Conflicts role in a Law Firm
- Knowledge in researching, analysing and providing tailored solutions to conflicts issues.
- Advanced Intapp experience
- Proven ability to handle complex conflicts issues independently
- Strong communicator and able to confidently manage conversations with stakeholders of all seniority.
- Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
Interested? Or want to hear more detail? Reach out to Zali Oulton at
