Leading US law firm is looking to hire a new Compliance Lawyer to work with the Senior Compliance Counsel and their wider Compliance team. They can offer a generous package and fantastic working culture for the right person. The successful candidate with be either a qualified lawyer with regulatory experience seeking a move to Risk & Compliance or an experienced Compliance Lawyer wanting to move to a small but impactful team.
Hybrid pattern 3 days in the office / 2 days working remotely.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advise the London partners and attorneys on conflicts of interest and confidentiality issues
- Draft, update and review risk and compliance policies and procedures
- Review and negotiate client and third party terms, respond to information requests, questionnaires and engagement letter queries, working closely with teams in the US and other offices as appropriate
- Clear conflicts for lateral hires and working with the US Conflicts Team where appropriate
- Work in conjunction with HR regarding secondments
- Advise the London partners and attorneys regarding client on-boarding and related firm policies
- Respond to a variety of compliance related queries
- Assist with developing and delivering risk and compliance training to new joiners and general awareness raising amongst partners and employees
- Involvement in and management of other ad hoc risk and compliance projects
Required Skills:
- Qualified lawyer
- Experience of working at an International law firm either within an in-house compliance team or as a fee earner with regulatory experience and looking to move in-house
- Comfortable advising on a wide range of conflict issues under SRA and US rules
- Experience negotiating client and third party terms and liaising with relevant stakeholders
- Knowledge of the SRA Standards and Regulations
- Experience advising on data protection issues as they impact law firms
- Experience advising partners on POCA, the Money Laundering Regulations and sanctions issues
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Ability to work as a team and contribute to its success
- Experience managing projects and implementing changes to processes and procedures
- Solutions orientated with a commercial and pragmatic approach
- Client service focussed and ability to take initiative
- Attention to detail, ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
For further information and a confidential discussion contact Nikki Bjurenvall ASAP